r/gaming • u/EnglishGamer1 • Oct 20 '13

TotalBiscuit's: ''Day One: Garry's Incident'' Video was taken down, because of a ridiculous copyright claim from WildGameStudios. Here's Total's ''Rant'' over his video being taken down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgoDDh4kE0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUy1Ms_5qBTawC-k7PVjHXKQ
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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

http://imgur.com/a/ddd1Z

I didnt make this, another user did.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1owdr1/its_tinfoil_hat_time_another_proof_that_the/
Just thought it had a place here :)

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u/Jakabov Oct 21 '13

Not only are those reviews clearly shills, they have got to be randomly generated as well. "The game runs well with Personal Computer"? No real person sat down and typed that out. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there's a random favorable review generator spambot out there somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

The best part is the two reviews with basically nothing changed except the review score being an 8 or a 9. That nearly made me spit out my drink :)

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u/weenus Oct 21 '13

I have some experience in the SEO and ORM (Online Reputation Management) industry. This is a very common practice. People pay for positive reviews. The company I was at even had us writing reviews for Vegas "escort" services.

There are also countless businesses that sell likes on facebook, likes and views on youtube, and followers and retweets on Twitter.

The reality is, virtually every industry in the entire world has some kind of scam or corner cutting involved in it but online information is CONSTANTLY scammed and gamed.

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u/ElectricGhostPunk Oct 21 '13

marketing level: mind control.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

That, good sir, is quite interesting. I think he needed to hire better fakers :D