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Bad Reviews, Marketer Reviews

Q1. Have you ever noticed that product reviews often seem alike?
Q2. Or that many reviews mention no defects?
Q3. Or that numerous reviews list features but no user impressions?
My guess is the following.
A1. Many reviews are fake, written from vendor promotional documents.
A2. Many reviews are intended to push sales, not to inform readers.
A3. Many reviews are [...]

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2008 05 15 admin articles-swp Comments (1)

From Cookie Monster to PC Worm

The Cookie Monster existed before Sesame Street and personal computers.
An IBM computer operator at Brown University teased his users by locking out their terminals and manually sending them messages asking for a cookie until they typed “cookie.” This was soon automated by other jokesters at MIT by a timer operated script inserted in a user’s [...]

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2008 03 09 admin articles-swp Comments (0)