So are you saying that lying by filling in gaps is a realistic expectation; Expecting the truth is just a shot in the dark?
Aren't readers more likely to get return customers, more so when they are right than when they are wrong? How I see it, is that the filler crap is going to make them wrong.
I think people give readers way too many passes because readers don't have to be on Keen, especially the popular ones.
Cookie for example is very popular now, although I'm not saying she does this (just giving an example). There must be a slew of reasons readers stay on Keen and she'd be banking on her own by cutting out the middle man. But because of the older crowd's computer illiteracy, she doesn't want the hassle of scheduling people, so she just lets Keen do it.
I totally get that, but lying? There is just no justification for it IMO.