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What do you think of WSO reviewers with less than 100 posts?

by Robert M Gouge
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I'm curious how other Warriors perceive reviews made by posts you have low post counts.

Do these reviewers get less credit from you? Do you overlook their review completely? Or, do you give their review just us much merit as any other Warrior you don't know?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dragonfire Wealth
    Originally Posted by Robert M Gouge View Post

    I'm curious how other Warriors perceive reviews made by posts you have low post counts.

    Do these reviewers get less credit from you? Do you overlook their review completely? Or, do you give their review just us much merit as any other Warrior you don't know.
    Post count is MEANINGLESS, I really don't think there is anyone that gives it any thought, I mean if it's like a 1-5 post count and the posts are shady then yeah that's one thing. But someone with 100 posts isn't necessarily any less reputable than someone with 1,000.

    Post count
    ELO rating
    Kill/Death Ratio
    Bra size
    Page count
    List size
    Genital size
    Age
    Weight
    Race
    Gender

    What do these have in common?
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    • Profile picture of the author JoshClick
      Originally Posted by Dragonfire Wealth View Post

      Post count
      ELO rating
      Kill/Death Ratio
      Bra size
      Page count
      List size
      Genital size
      Age
      Weight
      Race
      Gender

      What do these have in common?
      People like to use them to brag
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    • Profile picture of the author intergen
      Originally Posted by Dragonfire Wealth View Post

      Post count is MEANINGLESS, I really don't think there is anyone that gives it any thought, I mean if it's like a 1-5 post count and the posts are shady then yeah that's one thing. But someone with 100 posts isn't necessarily any less reputable than someone with 1,000.

      Post count
      ELO rating
      Kill/Death Ratio
      Bra size
      Page count
      List size
      Genital size
      Age
      Weight
      Race
      Gender

      What do these have in common?
      Genital size - wow you really went there didn't you - LOL

      But I do agree low post count has nothing to do with reputation. I do check for the shady factor though. If they have no other way to contact them & are hiding behind a pseudonym & seem to be looking for the click-throughs on the sig file. Or do they a have a "thank you" or 2 - meaning they are looking to provide value & support.

      I just went through this on another thread about 15 minutes ago. I really thought this guy was digging for traffic - I may have been wrong but it was for the right reasons - keep the spammers out.

      Personally I had 10 years of IM under my belt and almost 1 year of belonging to this forum before I did my first post.
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      • Profile picture of the author Andrey Doichev
        Originally Posted by intergen View Post

        I just went through this on another thread about 15 minutes ago. I really thought this guy was digging for traffic - I may have been wrong but it was for the right reasons - keep the spammers out.
        DUN DUN DUN

        I am the guy Mark was talking about and he was right to assume so. I hope I proved him and the others wrong though. Besides, since you had you're reasons, I don't take it personally and don't really care.

        On topic, It's really the style of the review that will ultimately make my opinion. Are flaws addressed (this is a problem in my opinion, reviewers want to stay reviewers so they don't point out the problems), is the review educated? Like many others, I like to base my opinion after reading several reviews. This way it doesn't really matter your post rank since you're part of a group.

        So to answer you're question yes or no - yeno

        If 4-5 people with 30 posts each review it, it looks kinda shady. Even to me. But don't discriminate either. Make sure the people who you are going to review your product are sincere and have brains
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  • Profile picture of the author SUPER Louie
    Nobody looks at post count. Buyers normally look for:
    - If the review was made by someone who has a reputation in the forums
    - If the review is truly legitimate (not another one of those - "His product is good, go get it" review)
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    Originally Posted by Robert M Gouge View Post

    I'm curious how other Warriors perceive reviews made by posts you have low post counts.

    Do these reviewers get less credit from you? Do you overlook their review completely? Or, do you give their review just us much merit as any other Warrior you don't know?
    If you have something in mind on what do you think they are, you better keep it with yourself. It is for you to decide whether you believe in them or not.. no need to ask other people...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Frankly, I discount all testimonials unless I know and trust the person making it.

    Why?

    There are many reasons, but here's one example: Joe Reviewer might rave about what a brilliant product it is, but it may have been the first product on the topic he has seen so he feels he's learned a lot. But, in reality, the product itself could be extremely inferior to anyone with a little knowledge.

    The point is, if you don't know someone, you have no reference point from which to evaluate their ability to make an evaluation -- and you have no idea if they are genuine or have an ulterior motive.
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    • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Frankly, I discount all testimonials unless I know and trust the person making it.

      Why?

      There are many reasons, but here's one example: Joe Reviewer might rave about what a brilliant product it is, but it may have been the first product on the topic he has seen so he feels he's learned a lot. But, in reality, the product itself could be extremely inferior to anyone with a little knowledge.

      The point is, if you don't know someone, you have no reference point from which to evaluate their ability to make an evaluation -- and you have no idea if they are genuine or have an ulterior motive.
      Yes I totally agree with Dennis on this one. Clearly if I know the people who are offering a review then it will make me more interested in the product if they speak positively about it.

      However, it's not always clear what motives may be behind a review so sometimes it's just worth taking it with a pinch of salt.

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    • Profile picture of the author Robert M Gouge
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Frankly, I discount all testimonials unless I know and trust the person making it.

      Why?

      There are many reasons, but here's one example: Joe Reviewer might rave about what a brilliant product it is, but it may have been the first product on the topic he has seen so he feels he's learned a lot. But, in reality, the product itself could be extremely inferior to anyone with a little knowledge.

      The point is, if you don't know someone, you have no reference point from which to evaluate their ability to make an evaluation -- and you have no idea if they are genuine or have an ulterior motive.
      That's a great point Dennis, well said.
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    • Profile picture of the author SeoDemon
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Frankly, I discount all testimonials unless I know and trust the person making it.

      Why?

      There are many reasons, but here's one example: Joe Reviewer might rave about what a brilliant product it is, but it may have been the first product on the topic he has seen so he feels he's learned a lot. But, in reality, the product itself could be extremely inferior to anyone with a little knowledge.

      The point is, if you don't know someone, you have no reference point from which to evaluate their ability to make an evaluation -- and you have no idea if they are genuine or have an ulterior motive.
      i agree with you, sometimes i see a product with glowing reviews, and when i buy it, guess what? all crap.
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  • Profile picture of the author louie6925
    Bottom Line- This is an Internet based business industry, and the advantage of that, is people can hide behind a computer, therefore every trick in the book will be done in order for a seller to get sales!

    Best advice is only trust the people you have personally dealt with and that trust has been gained! otherwise its right to be skeptical! post count means nothing, just because someone has hundreds or thousands of posts doesn't mean they are reliable, and likewise for those with very few!

    Its all about building a reliable network around you, learning who to trust and who to avoid, but everyone will get stung once or twice, particularly if you are just starting out! just be careful! .....and to answer the question!!! Reviews pretty much are meaningless unless you have personally dealt with the reviewer and know they tell the truth! with everyone JV'ing nowadays just means more and more unreliable reviews!

    watch out!
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  • Profile picture of the author hebsgaard
    Actually, I'm not sure post count doesn't matter.

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    That bit is from Cocktail of course, and put there as a bit of a joke. However, as with many jokes there is some truth to it.

    Like it or not, people will take big numbers into account, it's just how we work. Many WSO testimonials don't show the post counts of the reviewers and I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to check it. If it is visible (via screenshot), I'd probably be lying if I claimed I wasn't affected by it. I don't think anybody can say they are totally unaffected by something like that.

    Probably won't be the deciding factor though.
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  • Profile picture of the author sirtiman
    As I'm a reviewer, I try to sting the product owner to improve their products to be more useful.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    I can't respond to this post. The original poster only has less than 300 posts.

    I don't associate with those kind of people.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I completely discount reviews made by people that I don't know from their contributions on the Warrior Forum discussion areas. Many are just shills and many make a career out of getting free review copies and leaving meaningless reviews.
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