Nvidia Faces Fighting Words: Artificial Enthusiasts Found

Sidney · 8th February 2006, 01:39

In the beginning of week – on the best day for starting a scandal – Nvidia Corp. was accused in seeding shills into forums and communities to promote its products. The fans reportedly received free hardware and officially acted to “educate” users in the forums. We try to attempt to summarize all the information to find out whether advertising methods of hardware companies have reached the point of pretty unfaithful practices.

Sidney · 8th February 2006, 01:50

As long as people don't denounce the competitors; I don't see anything illegal with this practice. The bad things are readers bad mouthing other products in favor of his/her own; using his/her forum right to spread rumors. These individuals should be banned from such activities.

jmke · 8th February 2006, 08:42

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/40689

While there are agencies that engage in the practice of paying consumers for their opinions, it is not-and never has been-a practice of the Arbuthnot Entertainment Group. We do work to solicit the opinions of the community for NVIDIA. The names of those individuals whom we solicit opinions from are not made public in order to assure the quality and honesty of feedback from consumers.

8th February 2006, 01:39	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Nvidia Faces Fighting Words: Artificial Enthusiasts Found In the beginning of week – on the best day for starting a scandal – Nvidia Corp. was accused in seeding shills into forums and communities to promote its products. The fans reportedly received free hardware and officially acted to “educate” users in the forums. We try to attempt to summarize all the information to find out whether advertising methods of hardware companies have reached the point of pretty unfaithful practices. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

8th February 2006, 01:50	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	As long as people don't denounce the competitors; I don't see anything illegal with this practice. The bad things are readers bad mouthing other products in favor of his/her own; using his/her forum right to spread rumors. These individuals should be banned from such activities. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

8th February 2006, 08:42	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/40689 While there are agencies that engage in the practice of paying consumers for their opinions, it is not-and never has been-a practice of the Arbuthnot Entertainment Group. We do work to solicit the opinions of the community for NVIDIA. The names of those individuals whom we solicit opinions from are not made public in order to assure the quality and honesty of feedback from consumers. __________________

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