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Friday Apr 04, 2008
Slide.com Busted For Fake Reviews
It's most likely not a good day for PR team at popular photo widget Slide.com.
According to Duncan Riley at TechCrunch, Slide employees were busted for posting fake positive reviews of the application on Facebook:
Fake reviews seem to be part of the norm these days, however most companies are smart enough to cover their tracks; Slide employees on the other hand post from accounts that are part of the Slide Inc Facebook network.
Unfortunately, we agree with Duncan that fake reviews are becoming all to common, and are hurting the crediblity of much of what we read online.
The thing is, it's not like Slide is an application struggling to get attention. According to comScore, the site has 117 million unique monthly viewers. They are also generally well liked by users. So why the need for fake reviews?
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