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Undercover salesmen

February 23rd, 2006

On the latest TWiT programme they mention a job advertisement… a company looking for somebody to establish a good reputation in online forums and then promote their products. We all suspect that this happens, but it’s starting to get more blatant.

Don’t believe what you read on the net, guys. And remember the user reviews and comments may be much more suspect than the page content they’re commenting on…

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