DISQUS

Dennis_Pease · 1 year ago

Spamming comments is how their CEO has handled his marketing for some time.

He said; "I apologize if some of our employees have posted extra comments on here from our office IP" I say BS. This is the standard operating procedure for his past businesses as well. Always anonymous phony praises for his company.

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

What a wasted opportunity. Many companies would lover to be reviewed on
TechCrunch.

By the way I thought we were already following each other on Twitter, just
added you back.

profwebs · 1 year ago

I saw this the other day while I was stumbling:) I thought that was him. What an idiot. Better be careful what you say about him, eh? ;)

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

Brian,

I was embarrassed to see that exchange on TechCrunch. Even if I had to fire all 80 of my employees I would never allow anything .like that to happen. But then I have heard that for the photo opportunities bunch of models are hired and the company is really run by 3 or 4 people.

Lord Matt · 1 year ago

Yes catch up you Americans ;)

It was getting a bit cringe worthy in the end. Still he nipped over to one of his loudest critics and give it what but seemed unable to answer my challenge to prove his allegations using a dictionary and external evidences.

My site also seems to cause him some pant wetting or something. Mind you that could be because I love my Disemvowler (that I wrote) and don't get to use it much.

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

I see they just finally learned how to block IPs, so they are blocking me
know from all their websites. Now the problem with it is that I am on a
shared IP- I hope they are blocking their own clients as well :)

loanmods · 1 year ago

alltough he was being ethical the ceo shouold have just blanked and denied the issue.

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

You meant to write "he was being ethical"? I would rather see him write that every employee involved in that "astroturfing" was fired- that would be ethical as far as I am concerned.

Ned from Baltimore · 1 year ago

I checked out tech crunch, that was a fun exchange. He doesn't seem to be learning anything from these experiences.

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

It's a shame. A smart marketer could have turned that review around and used it as an opportunity. Oh well. Happy Thanksgiving Ned!

Mike Pannell (Dallas Realtor) · 1 year ago

They are spamming alot of folks. I have seen this on many blogs

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

Mike,

Welcome! Some of said that if "Social Media is the game - Transparency is
the name" - said to see how many people are not getting it.

Vlad Zablotskyy · 1 year ago

Mike thanks for stopping by. Their business model seams to be based on it.... and cold calling.