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Redditor claims MS employees monitoring Reddit; making positive posts about the Xbox1
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Did he get perma'd?
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
banned, not sure if its a perm.
looking at the xbox thread is like a graveyard. kinda feel sorry for them. there must be at least some genuine people caught in the crossfire.
Well the reason why it's so obvious this time is because MS's policies are so incredibly anti-consumer. The likes of which we have never seen in the world of console gaming. Then when a bunch of juniors start talking about how these policies are a good thing when even the most ardent of Xbox fans are crying foul? It becomes way obvious.
Shame, its kind of sick how the industry seems to fuel the fanboy wars.
I don't think we have any reasons to believe the mods aren't doing a good job on checking who these people are. I doubt they ban them just on suspicion, but it's at any rate, they're doing their job. Now, let's do ours, and praise the new Xbox One!
Wait..
Onion_Relish
Member
The fact of the matter is that experienced gaffers know to simply avoid graveyard threads when at all possible. It doesn't mean the mods are banning indiscriminately, it just means that certain places are worth risking posting on and others are not.
Also I'm pretty sure Bish's banning ability is akin to an AoE attack. Lawn mower blades be lethal.
SenatorBot
Member
What if Microsoft getting discovered for reputation management in Reddit and is now making it seem like the original leaker was a fake and a massive troll and then take steps to make it seem like Microsoft wasn't at fault for doing this in order to defuse the whole situation and get more people supporting them by calling anyone who hates on microsoft someone an emotional reactionary troll looking to start trouble?
Officerrob
Banned
Trolls talk like that
a couple of folks including myself pointed out in the first page or two that there isn't even any such building, but here we are.
25 pages later.
also, buy Xboxes.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Lol. tbh i think a good percentage of bans from xbox fans who just got slightly too upset and said something out of turn. that said there are a fair few marketers that got hit too. One in particular was amazingly calm based on his post history. It had to be soley on his affiliation.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Yeah. Thats no shill. Thats a Troll.
Manmademan
Member
I don't expect any company to admit to reputation management no matter what kind of evidence you have.
The third (or even fourth) party contractors they use are likely banned from revealing anything lest they be sued as well.
Look, GAF isn't special. There is no question there's been a VERY RECENT flood of dormant accounts suddenly activating to spread PR talking points. There's also no reason Microsoft (or the firms they hire) would target GAF specifically, and just happen to ignore Reddit, which is far larger and much easier to gain an account. Reputation management is most certainly going on there, denials or no- the only question is extent.
Lmao.
DC1
Member
He's certified to manipulate around every negative aspect of all MS products.
He is the Pride of MS's RMs.
R3TRODYCE
Member
LOL
Four_Chamber
Member
Unsubstantiated post on reddit about the Xbox gets a 25 page thread here? I'd love to say I'm shocked but I'm not.
Elaugaufein
Member
This thread has long drifted into discussions of shilling in general , and its practice on GAF in particular, the original post just provided a thread on the subject.
And here I thought the plural was Xboxen.
You'd think with a Reyes avatar you'd be used to disappointment...
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Looking through the banned users in the Xbox One: Details on Connectivity, Licensing (24 hour check-in) and Privacy Features thread it's not too difficult to spot the shills if you check their post history.
EDIT: Fixed links.
EDIT: Fixed links.
Xenon
Member
Wrong, with the cloud they are all just one, resistance is futile.
Edit clarify: reading the title alone regarding MS targeting Reddit
Regardless, judging by the posts in many other threads, countless have merely read the topic no doubt and form an instant assumption that MS is culpable here when in fact it is bullshit... many people don't bother with specifics, they just throw it on the pile of assumptions and prejudices of guilt and evil and paranoia...
Amazing
Uno Venova
Banned
It still happens here though.
NoirVisage
Banned
You..should take a nap, relax, you're taking it really personal.
DemonCleaner
Member
So you're saying, with absolutely confidence that Sony as a corporation doesn't do this. Pretty bold.
NoirVisage
Banned
I wouldn't doubt they do it, but companies like MS and Apple are capable of doing it on a scale where it actually makes a difference.
Uno Venova
Banned
Do they because I haven't heard.
Schrade
Member
I can always count on posting history for entertainment.
Hey, if anyone knows the buildings in question maybe they could highlight them on a Redmond Campus Map for us. That would clear things up a lot for those who had any doubts.
I really did not get enough sleep last night, you are correct.
glad I could amuse, you... that's why we are all here
GAF is cute sometimes.
The Departed.
Truespeed
Member
Are you also going to imply that the people that were jettisoned from here for being Microsoft shills and regurgitating the same message was also unsubstantiated?
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Is there a link to the Xbox thread?
Uno Venova
Banned
Damn all the links are dead, sounds funny.
I have no doubt that if the mods banned someone for that then they had reason. It's the assumption that it is not happening on both sides and that MS or Sony would have corporate policies encouraging it that I find hard to believe,
A few employees who are passionate about their company posting their feelings does not automatically make them a paid shill and a marketing company doing a bad job of placing people on forums to act like puppets is stupid as well and I don't like seeing it....
but it happens on both sides....
Don't you remember last E3? people in sony's conference were cheering even the most useless crap.
MisterHero
Super Member
Maybe someone can clarify for me the how making stupid viral videos contained to its own blog are the same as people masquerading as forum posters.
It was pretty funny, but was it the same level of deception?
Cerebral Assassin
Member
MS has a history of Astroturfing, & we know that there have been MS employees who have been banned for trolling competing products on Gaf so no assumptions are needed.
Mass Effect
Member
Yeah, it's not like we've had any here that have been banned with Bish basically flat-out telling us that they're here...
Oh wait.
I wouldn't be surprised if they do. In fact, I'm pretty sure they do, somewhere, maybe even here.
The real question is does Nintendo do this? Personally, I don't think they really do.
I was referring specifically to the Reddit story (thread title) implicating MS as having planned it...
what happened/s here is specific to us and as I said above, obviously has merit but happens on BOTH sides
MisterHero
Super Member
It's known that Nintendo reads GAF, a Nintendo person visited the Smash Bros. Dojo thread when Brawl released.
A simple acknowledgement of the community is nice and all that's needed, really.
Mass Effect
Member
Perhaps this particular story is false, but there are definitely tools on Reddit.
SeahawksPride said:
I can say with relative certainty that this dude is probably a shill.
And really? The "if one's doing it, the other MUST be as well! They're both EQUALLY evil!" argument? I've seen enough of that in politics. While I wouldn't doubt that Sony doesn't do it, there really isn't any evidence (that I've seen, i'm sure you can find some) to support that claim.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Is this your first spin of the cycle on Gaf? This sort of thing is going to keep going until it is obvious who the "winner" is.
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