http://carceralnation.com/2009/10/07/ftc-kills-the-shills/ Ancient Danger in a Human World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://carceralnation.com/2009/10/07/ftc-kills-the-shills/#comment-418 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:48:38 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/ftc-kills-the-shills/#comment-418 It does seem to make sense that you’d want to be as transparent as possible in a blogger’s reviews stream, Gordon. I know there were commercials sites that would “pay to play” with bloggers who reviewed products on their site. It was, at times, difficult to know if the review was genuine or prepaid — the clue was usually in the countable number of hotlinks required from the review back to the product page.

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/10/07/ftc-kills-the-shills/#comment-417 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:43:38 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/ftc-kills-the-shills/#comment-417 I say it’s about time the freeloaders get their due. If you get something in exchange for a review, own up and admit that fact.

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