Shills are people that pretend to be customers and place fake feedback in order to make someone look good.
Thanks Jordie! I have never heard of that term before. Of course I had to look it up and here is what I found " .. a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game"
Excellent!! Did not know that word, but very applicable here. I am fairly new, and am slowly getting the drift of that for sure, especially from a few folders that reek of this. I guess that is to be expected, giving us one more thing to worry about. We are trying to get to the readers that are not just for real, but accurate as well, and actually provide USEFUL information employable in knowing what developments are ahead. "Useful" for one might not be so for another - understood. Please do not actually SPEND money to find out if a reader is good or bad. Read this forum through and through until you get the hang of who is leaving feedback, and who is a... "shill" - t
hank you! Go to Ripoff Reports as well, and you will see a bulk of complaints left by users listing readers that did not work for them.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/directory/keen-com.aspx DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE WEB JUST AS YOU WOULD BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING HIGH-END! You surely do not want to ask some hokey about the love of your life, divorce, career, move, business, or whatever you may be seeking answers with. You could not only get ripped off, but also get led down the wrong path without any accountability whatsoever, but yourself to blame. This can be done correctly if you patiently set out to recognize and absorb honest feedback. FILTER BIG TIME! On that note, for those leaving feedback, there is no need to feel delicate about leaving honest feedback for any reader - no need to feel like a 'shill' (Ooooh - I LURVVE that word!!! lol!)