Do you think any viral marketing goes on these forums?

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#1 Kell_the_Gamer
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For anyone who doesn't know; viral marketing is a buzzword describing a type of marketing in social environments. A company pays someone to stealthily promote their product, usually by acting like a satisfied customer and bringing up how much they just enjoy product x from company y any conversation that it fits. Other than that one guy who is always promoting Onlive so much I got a vibe from certain people that used to post here they were being paid by Bioware to promote TOR. How about you guys?
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#3 c_rakestraw  Moderator
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I wouldn't be surprised if some of the spam accounts we've banned were made for that purpose. Doubt there's any among us right now, though. They'd have to actually invest themselves in the community to avoid being caught. Seems like too much effort to justify the cost.

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Probably not. A much more effective way of advertising your game is being one of the accounts that has the "game dev" tag or whatever. I believe there was one for a game called City of Steam? He released a lot of little tidbits straight from the team that gave us all quite a lot of info on their game.

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#5 Black_Knight_00
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Absolutely not! The whole notion is preposterous! (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola)
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#6 c_rakestraw  Moderator
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Absolutely not! The whole notion is preposterous! (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola)Black_Knight_00

I have my own soda line? Why was I not informed of this? I demand my royalty checks!

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Absolutely not! The whole notion is preposterous! (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola) (drink c_rake cola)c_rake

I have my own soda line? Why was I not informed of this? I demand my royalty checks!

You need only ask
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#8 c_rakestraw  Moderator
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You need only askBlack_Knight_00

Seven-teen dollars?! Come on -- I'm worth at least $20.

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#9 Black_Knight_00
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]You need only askc_rake

Seven-teen dollars?! Come on -- I'm worth at least $20.

Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves
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#10 BatCrazedJoker
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I am sure they do but one can only speculate.
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#11 PetJel
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After going deeply undercover in GSforums for years I can now say that 86% of the user base here is hired by companies. Only a few dozen people that post here are actual neutral gamers.

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#12 Black_Knight_00
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After going deeply undercover in GSforums for years I can now say that 86% of the user base here is hired by companies. Only a few dozen people that post here are actual neutral gamers.

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Don't mistake fanboys for hired people. They are a much more sad reality: they actually do what they do for free.