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I see nothing wrong with it. As someone just starting out, you need to bend the rules once-in-awhile to succeed. The problem with any forum is the chicken and
by paulhauggis 14y ago
I see nothing wrong with it.
As someone just starting out, you need to bend the rules once-in-awhile to succeed.
The problem with any forum is the chicken and the egg problem. You won't get people posting/coming back unless it seems like there are lots of people posting (the forum isn't dead).
You either need to fake the content yourself or pay people to do it for you. Most forums do this. There are many other types of sites that most likely need to do this as well (dating sites, for example)
- thedillio 14y agoAgreed. It is one thing to falsify customer reviews, for example, but something completely different to have several aliases to promote an active community. The information and links that were posted obviously provided value to readers. Who posted it is not quite as important. The same thing with Kevin Rose saying that digg was a friends site. People are naturally guarded against being sold to - even if the said item acutally does provide true value. People just want to decide on their own without the sales pressure.
- scottmey 14y agoAgreed. I've worked on a few much smaller scale social sites, and it's been common practice to create a slew of fake accounts for testing purposes (especially for commenting and user interaction), and in our case we didn't really add any value to the conversation as they had achieved. I can see how it may be misinterpreted, but for us it was essential in creating the best experience for our users in the end, not for any strategic purposes. NBD