tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post4007640620341619132..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Price and self-deceptionSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73351460301686144112011-07-09T16:48:22.110-04:002011-07-09T16:48:22.110-04:00There's an incentive for most companies to see...There's an incentive for most companies to seed the internet with fake positive reviews, but that doesn't mean all or most reviews are fake. SA claims 100k+ paying subscribers, IIRC. This could all be a lie, but if it's even ballpark correct then most of the discussion on their blog is probably for real.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51338092994455473682011-07-09T11:57:13.087-04:002011-07-09T11:57:13.087-04:00Are you sure it's fake? My friend's wife r...Are you sure it's fake? My friend's wife read it and is sure the girl is real. She got sufficiently worked up that she posted a comment on the original thread. <br /><br />Check out the SeekingArrangements blog and you'll find thousands of comments that are similar to the "letter" I posted. Are those all fake too? steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10605427307966550992011-07-09T11:19:43.538-04:002011-07-09T11:19:43.538-04:00I thought you were aware that you can easily hire ...I thought you were aware that you can easily hire a "marketing consultant" online for a few bucks to write and follow up whatever witty PR bs your company needs to promote itself. Some (few?) of these folks do it full-time, do not live in third-world countries, and even earn fairly decent money for what they do. Your posting of this "letter" here makes me even more doubtful silkophttp://cleeray.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78717135184141792762011-07-05T20:31:47.870-04:002011-07-05T20:31:47.870-04:00Pretty sure the author is a dude.Pretty sure the author is a dude.MtMorunoreply@blogger.com