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People Are Complete Suckers For Online Reviews (nypost.com)
schwit1 shared an article from the New York Post:
No reviews, no revenue. That's the key takeaway from a new study published in Psychological Science, which finds that if two similar products have the same rating, online shoppers will buy the one with more reviews... "[When] faced with a choice between two low-scoring products, one with many reviews and one with few, the statistics say we should actually go for the product with few reviews, since there's more of a chance it's not really so bad," wrote researcher Derek Powell of Stanford University, lead author of the report. In other words, when there's only a handful of reviews, a few bad ones break the curve and bring down the overall rating. "But participants in our studies did just the opposite: They went for the more popular product, despite the fact that they should've been even more certain it was of low quality," he wrote.
Matt Moog, CEO of PowerReviews, previously conducted a study with Northwestern University [PDF] that drew from an even larger data pool of 400 million consumers, which also found that the more reviews there are of a product, the more likely it is that a customer will purchase that product... He has also found that customers who read reviews often click the bad ones first. "They want to read what's the worst thing people have to say about this," he said... Most online shoppers (97 percent to be exact) say reviews influence their buying decisions, according to Fan & Fuel Digital Marketing Group, which also found that 92 percent of consumers will hesitate to buy something if it has no customer reviews at all.
Matt Moog, CEO of PowerReviews, previously conducted a study with Northwestern University [PDF] that drew from an even larger data pool of 400 million consumers, which also found that the more reviews there are of a product, the more likely it is that a customer will purchase that product... He has also found that customers who read reviews often click the bad ones first. "They want to read what's the worst thing people have to say about this," he said... Most online shoppers (97 percent to be exact) say reviews influence their buying decisions, according to Fan & Fuel Digital Marketing Group, which also found that 92 percent of consumers will hesitate to buy something if it has no customer reviews at all.
People are sheep. News at 11.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
bad news sells. more bad news sells more.
I think it's a bit more complex than that. Oftentimes, you can determine from poor reviews exactly what the shortcomings are, and decide if those shortcomings affect your intended use of the product. If a competing product has no reviews, then you have no way of knowing what the shortcomings are.
People who say "sheeple" have about as much sophistication as an AOL user, and in fact are probably actually AOL users.
If one product has 12 reviews and one 45k reviews, the 12 review has 5* and the 45k review has 4* I'd be more likely to buy the 45k review one. It's simply significantly harder to astroturf and bot 45k reviews than 12. Online typically all you have to go on is a shitty picture, product details that are nearly always incomplete and exaggerated, and reviews. The reviews are the least shitty way to not get ripped off. For the record, yes I know that many reviews on most every site are fakes, paid for the review, or bots.
Plus sometimes the reviews are pure comedy gold and are worth reading on their own which can inspire some sales on their own.
If something has 1000 reviews, I know that the bulk of those are likely to be legitimate. If someone has 3 reviews, I have no idea how accurate the reviews are. More reviews = more sample data of user experience, and more data means that "wrong" reviews (reviews that don't reflect the user experience) are obscured. If you were presented with 2 studies where one used a sample of 5 people and the other used a sample of 5000 people, which results would you trust more? Reviews are just a less controlled study.
I view products with few reviews to be a complete unknown in terms of quality. So if there are similar products with many reviews (and a decent rating) I'm going to prefer those, because (in theory) they're more of a known quantity.
It's insightful and accurately reports work conducted by impartial scientists with deep expertise in the field.
Five stars
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
(APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
APK your posts on this & the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error &/or bad advice by BlueStrat
Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising & malvertising is quite valid by JazzLad
I like your host file system by Karmashock
(NEED MORE? Ask!)
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APK
P.S.=> China imitated me http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/ ... apk
Yes, I look for lots of positive ratings and I read the bad reviews first. This is not the wrong thing to do.
Recently purchased some USB-C cables. As a /. reader you should know there are lots of bad ones out there that can break equipment. I don't want to go with the new one with no reviews. A cable with HDMI not HDMI -> DP) then I can ignore their negative rating. They are idiots.
Yelp tried to extort them a few times, so this restaurant gives 50% off on pizza if you give them a 1-star review:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/botto...
http://www.bottobistro.com/REW...
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.co...
http://time.com/money/3398188/...
The three main kinds of mistruth.
With more reviews, the buyer has a better idea -exactly- what's bad about the product thus has a better chance of making an educated decision about buying it.
The article and study are examples of misusing statistics. The correlation between number of reviews and purchases niether tests nor demonstrates a causal relationship from the former to the latter, and even if it did it does not demonstrate the -claimed- causal relatinoship.
Moderating "-1, Disagree" is simple censorship. Have the guts to post your opinion.
I find that some of the bad reviews are actually people complaining of stupid stuff like "hard to set up/install/etc.". Worth reading the reviews.
How can I add a review to your list, APK?
...suggestions for competitors products. I then make my own determination after checking them out.
At one point in the 1970s it was my misfortune to be employed as a Filter Queen vacuum cleaner salesman (regrets, I've had a few). Anyways at the time I was taught that some people "have to be told to buy" something, even if it's from a perfect stranger. They can't make the decision on their own as most people are told what to do their whole lives. That and "Advertising is the best way to sell something, especially if it's no fucking good".
now work on those reviews. I like watching videos of products, I'm visual type lol...
People lie all the time, whether on the internet or in real life. Don't trust them. They will say a product is great when it's clearly not. They will give a bad review just to slam a company they don't like. Pointless waste of time.
I asked you how I can add a review to your list. Would you care to answer my post?
See subject: IF I used dozens of good AC reviews I have then do nothing "ne'er-do-wells" like arth1 say they're 'sockpuppets' as he did even w/ registered users https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11041035&cid=55093951/
(Mind you - Not that having a FAKE NAME ONLINE for FAKE LIVES is any better, lol - heck, sometimes, I feel it's FAR WORSE vs. posting unidentifiably as you have - me? I "id" myself @ least (had idiots I've caught & bookmarked by DOZENS try to "impersonate" me though))
APK
P.S.=> In ANY event? I get a HUGE "kick" out of showing big talkers like arth1 what he is here(a hotair windbag do nothing talker & nothing more - no substance, but lots of WINDBAG BLOWHARD HOT AIR lol) as he continues deluding himself as he does shooting his mouth off (which anyone can do, it's too easy) YET he has NOTHING TO SHOW FOR HIMSELF FOR HIS EFFORTS IN SOFTWARE I CAN SEE (I doubt he does @ all actually)... apk
These might not be the proper place to complain about non-product issues, but they happen and they drag down the overall rating of the product, itself. Who knows, maybe some bad reviews are hoping for an offer from the maker to improve their ratings.
However, I do pay more attention to the bad reviews and the reasons given. If there is a pattern of failures, then I'll avoid a product. And I pay them more attention than I do to the good reviews, which even now often appear to be fake, exaggerated, written by idiots ("I've just received such'n'such, it looks wonderful though I haven't tried to use it yet - here's 5 *'s") or clearly from professional reviewers.
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He did https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...
Just based on experience products with very few reviews are sometimes fakes. The more reviews something has the less likely it is to be a fake product. At least with many reviews over time you see also see if the manufacturer has been fixing the problems and also what kinds of problems people have and can decide if those problems will matter to you.
Computer modeling for biotech drug manufacturing is HARD!
More reviews -- more information about the product.
More popular -- more support by other users. Chances are higher that someone already figured out how to hack it and work around the flaws.
Fewer reviews -- it's probably an even worse product, rebranded because it got so devastating reviews that they couldn't sell it under the old name.
Also, average scores don't say much about a product. It's more a measure of how much the vendor spent for astroturfing and free tester schemes. I see many of these: "Delivered in time, looks OK, haven't really had time to try it so I can't say anything bad, they told me I have to rate it so here goes, 5 stars". OTOH popular products also attract lots of idiots who can't figure out how to use them and leave bad reviews.
There is a chance it could be worse too. I've bought things that were useless junk that a few people made relatively good reviews. When I buy stuff from harbor freight I know exactly what I am getting, a throwaway tool that I might use a couple times. People don't always want the best...
love is just extroverted narcissism
1) I read the bad reviews first to see how many of the bad reviews are idiots. For example, I purchased a product that adapted VGA to video. There was a switch on the side of the box for NTSC/PAL. A number of N. American consumers indicated the box didn't work and that the picture was monochrome (black & white). Well, those folks obviously didn't flip the switch from PAL (as shipped) to NTSC because monochrome is a symptom of video format mismatch (simplying a bit to illustrate the point). So, I discount the 1* reviews with that reasoning that tells me they used the product incorrectly. 2) I look for the proportion of 5* and 1* reviews. If they're about equal, that's a danger sign. If they trail off in a nice log power type curve, so much the better. Those who mention IMDB being seeded with a lot of 10% reviews, beware because the studios know how much word of mouth matters today so they plant reviews that make Baywatch sound like The Godfather. Any "reviewer" who only gives 1 or 10* reviews is suspect in my book. 3) I look for reviews that closely match my use case. 4) I look for reviews that are clearly fake. 5) Any review that is 1* due to price I completely ignore (prices fluctuate and my price point may be very different than yours. Review the actual product, not the price. *I* decide whether the price is worth it. Unfortunately, Google Play's app store doesn't allow one to look at the negative reviews only. Very annoying. Maybe Google should look at this research and understand that low * reviews serve a purpose.
First of all if two items have the same overall score there's no obvious way to break the tie. To assert that "statistically" people ought to buy the one with fewer reviews, because it might be better than rated, ignores the fact that it might just as easily be WORSE than rated. If I had no choice and all other things were truly equal, I'd probably choose the item with more reviews. There's less chance it is an outstanding product, but also less chance that it'll end up being a total waste of money.
It seems like whoever wrote the headline thinks this makes people get suckered somehow
News at eleven
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"This article is my shoe-in for the week!"
I've almost completely given up on ratings. Way too often the presence of any ratings leads to people trying to game the system somehow, whether via astroturfing or by otherwise honest people trying to 'fix' a rating. Some even outright state so in their "review" they're doing so, saying something along the lines of "I think this product deserves a 7/10, but the average's below that so I'm going to give it a full ten stars to fix things :)". The only time I care about such an arbitrary number attached to a product is when I read reviews from (semi-) professional critics, where I'm already familiar with the writer in question and have a pretty good idea what his/her/its/whatever numbers mean.
That being said, it's not the reviews themselves that I consider useless, just the ratings numbers.
How many repliers here have anything worth rating? I only see 1 (Apk). Many slashdot critics but almost no real chefs. Only 1 is your saving grace here.
Lets be clear. There is good reason why a low rated product with more reviews would get more purchases. Some people might purchase based on some collective rating, but most of us have our own criteria. With more reviews there is more information to support specific reasons to buy it. This is classic correlation causation.
It may be that the score for the product with more reviews is likely to be more accurate. But is there any reason to think the one with less reviews is going to be better? It could just as well be worse. All the smaller sample size tells you is that it is less reliable.
P.S.=> EAT YER WORDS arth1
Whoosh!
The point was that pointless praise does not work - it's the bad reviews that work, and constructive bad reviews help sell a product. Mindless praise is worthless - people don't look at that. This is a prime example - you're making my (and TFA's) point by posting this!
You apparently think that repeating praise from others is going to sway people. It isn't. They'll look at bad reviews and what those say, and whether the product is still good, knowing the worst.
Anyone who attempts to drown bad reviews in praise and counter-attacks against individuals come across as feeling they have an inferior product, else they wouldn't feel a need to do that. You are a prime example here. The lady doth protest too much.
See subject: Anyone ever say work you did was worth using arth1? Not that I've seen! I've blown YOU away https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8278059&cid=50873657/ (Privoxy, a proxy, can use hosts) before technically on hosts as well (MANY times, that's just 1 small sample)... you just don't give up, do you? You should. This is all making my bookmarks folder FOR YOU (lol, with many other wannabes JUST like you, hiding behind FAKE NAMES for FAKE LIVES).
* Want MORE times I've outright DUSTED a DO-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" in YOURSELF? Again, as usual, ask & "ye SHALL receive" to your public dismay - lol!
APK
P.S.=> Until YOU have the sack (or ability which I don't think you have, prove otherwise WITH GOOD REVIEWS of it from our /. peers as I've easily demonstrated & you can't) to do BETTER & especially EARLIER? I'd stfu were I you (lot of hot air blowhard wannabe critic talk & no substance)... apk
Why are people buying a product with crummy reviews anyway? Sounds like they don't have any choice, so perhaps they are deciding they'd rather get something that works poorly, than something that might not work at all.
You expect too much from /. scriptkiddies who are mere techies stealing others' work in OpenSORES. It's why they like others opensores code. They can't do it themselves and it shows so they plagiarize the work of others calling it their own deceiving even themselves that they actually have real skills in computers. It's pitiful and why there are so many node.js users here. They can't even manage to write their own javascript. This is also why so many here put down reviews or ratings. They will never manage any good ones for themselves much less on their own completely and they realize it about themselves and are full of vitriol and schaudenfreude against those who are able to do it themselves. They hate what they are but hate those more who can do, not just talk about doing.
It would be nice if an extension could be created to work on eliminating them to provide protection from the subconscious impact. But, they are very thoroughly embedded - especially all of the little star ratings scattered about.
I tend to not buy the item with the most reviews, but it's not directly due to the number of reviews, not in the sense of a causal relationship. It's because I check tend to be buying the newer product, and the product with the most reviews is usually the older product.
But it depends on the product. If we are talking about restaurants, a place with many reviews can be because it's a successful restaurant.
I mostly tend to go with professional reviewers that have a column in the newspaper.
Yelp restaurant reviews seem to be either revenge because the waitress would not sit in someone's lap, or glowing praise from someone who had the waitress sit in their lap. Or reviews like "I don't like fish, but I ordered it anyway. It tasted like fish to me, so I give it one star."
For hotel reviews only the negative 1-2 rating matter. They often will have some very significant information about the upkeep and condition of the carpet, cleaning, etc. The exception is when the recent good reviews mention a recent remodeling.
The worst are reviews of doctors. They are almost all comically deranged. Maybe that's because they're written by sick people.
I use any resources I can find before I buy something that costs more than $50. Read reviews of the product on several different retailers' sites. See if any of them are written exactly the same. I've seen the exact same review on three different sites for the same product. I hope the guy got paid for writing them.
If there's a link to a pdf of the manual, it's good to read the manual. A manual gives you some idea about how hard or easy the product is to install, put together, and use. It gives you a much more detailed description than you can find on a retailer's website. Check out the "troubleshooting" part to see what kind of problems you can expect and how easy they are to fix.
If the retail site doesn't link to the manual, go to the manufacturer's site to find one. There's usually one there.
If all I'm buying is lentils from Amazon, I just go by name brand and reputation. Reviews don't even come into play for a lot of items.
It is a flawed study. What is there to review on a phone case? Are these people spending money? Or are they just choosing what they would buy even if they don't have a phone to use it?
The study would have different result depend on what the item is. Books, games, clothes, electronics, food.... etc.
See subject: I recommend season 3 ep 1 entitled "Nosedive". I lived it. Most here still do. I pity them it. Why? "Fame/Notoriety" is a donkey w/ a carrot in front of his nose chasing it & ultimately, fame is a fleeting "ally" & when that starts to stall, there is MORE MONEY in destroying you in the end - after all, it's ALL about the "views/hits", right?
Wrong, way, Way, WAY wrong in fact... & I've been both types in my 1/2 century++, & speak from experience.
(No, lol, it's not for me - was DECADES ago though - nor was it my motivations in giving away my work on that one. It's just something I decided to release (others suggested it) since it has the power to effect change by giving people what they want (I'd say need, but you don't NEED computers - not really)).
In that episode, should you watch it? I am the truck driver in USCHLEP... happier this way. It's honest @ least & you don't need LSD w/ a show like that one (yes, it's good - see it thru to completion, you'll understand).
Many 'take pot shots' @ me here, often unidentifiably & all they have to do, is PROVE to me they've done better OR that I am technically off/wrong on hosts.
Tall order that. Hasn't & "AIN'T HAPPENIN'".
Fact.
It's all I ask for. I'd respect that. FACT is better than truth (purely relative). It's undeniable. I respect it.
Funniest part? The FEW here that can or do?? They never give me an ounce of crap. Go figure (not really. They hear THEIR share of crap like it too, & understand - this I am SURE of!).
APK
P.S.=> You shouldn't unbalance your brain w/ those drugs... apk
Unless I really like the product. I don't generally take the time to do a good review. If I'm only satisfied with the product, I don't bother with a review. I have other things to do.
Most of the time, if I take the time to post a review, it's because I'm not particularly happy with my purchase.
we should actually go for the product with few reviews, since there’s more of a chance it’s not really so bad...
Instructions unclear. Made me buy low quality dildo instead. Would not read again.
1 star
Most fake reviews seem to be just 1-2 liners.
Many apps make it difficult to not add a review, so you add your two cents to get away from the nag. And yes, they nag. Other apps, which don't care if you do or you don't, may be many times more popular than a similar app with 10 times the number of "reviews", and good enough to not attract negative reviews, and so has few.
One thing to do. Download the demo, trial, or what have you (not suggesting to ever use a pirated version).
They should enroll that editor in Statistics. I never studied it and it's intuitively obvious...
Let's assume the following:
Item A has 10 reviews, with an average rating of 4/5.
Item B has 0 reviews, with an average rating of 5/5.
Item C has 200 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/5
More reviews means you're going to get a (somewhat) better idea of how good the product is. If problems have come up, people will talk about it. If it's the best thing they've bought in months, they'll talk about that, too.
Item A has 10 reviews, so it's got a little something going for it. a 4/5 rating isn't too shabby, either, but with only 10 reviews, it's easy to astroturf that. I'd classify Item A as Mildly Risky.
Item B is a total crapshoot. Yes, it's rated 5/5, but how many ratings? Many companies allow you to rate an item without a review. The fact that nobody felt strong enough to review it tells me it's Risky. It might be fantastic, it might be total shit. There's not enough information.
Item C has a shitload of reviews and a solid score. The first thing to check are the bad reviews. Many people get wrapped up in the raw numbers, but a discerning shopper will note *the reasons* behind reviews, both positive and negative. Newegg is a classic example of frivolous shitty reviews designed only to fuck over the rating, i.e. gaming the system. So despite the above-average rating and possibility for astroturfing (200 is a lot of reviews...), I'd consider it the least risky of the three.
A statistician could go over the math and calculate some arbitrary risk, but to anyone who's actively shopping and researching items, it's just good sense. One item having more metadata means it's easier to research and there's more information to educate yourself with when buying.
Raw numbers of metadata don't mean fuck-all. It's the same reason sites like Slashdot and Reddit have laughable moderation systems; using conspicuous scoring doesn't work because humans will game it. Hell, even if you hide it, people will reverse engineer it. Remove emphasis on arbitrary numbers, and people are forced to research to make good decisions.
Every great product begins with a 1st review.
Don't read just ONE review.
Read negative reviews as well as positive reviews.
Don't read reviews on just ONE website, read reviews elsewhere too.
Know what you want, and don't expect others to keep up to your high standards!
This story has less than 300 comments, must be fake news.
If i HAVE to buy a product and the choice is two 1 star product, i will buy the one which has the more buyer because there is a better chance the company does not go under leaving me with no support. If you cannot get quality, then go for the mass.
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The point was that pointless praise does not work - it's the bad reviews that work, and constructive bad reviews help sell a product. Mindless praise is worthless
Good point!
But, while APK is apparently immune to sarcasm:
APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good by Culture20
I think this quote might qualify as a negative review for your purposes.
FWIW, arguing with him, debating him, beyond this point anyway, is pretty much a waste of time. Potentially funny, but essentially pointless...
Look it is retard APK replying to retard APK to make it look like he has support. He claimed neither of these posts to make it look like they are real support but after reading them it becomes clean it is just APK astroturf.
For good measure, I see APK needs more moose dick
The only thing APK blows is moose dick
He does it multiple times a day
I hear the RCMP are on the lookout for him as it is illegal to molest the moose
Eat some more moose dick APK
You probably are now, but have seconds and then thirds when you are done.
Your ads concern me more than any advert that Slashdot intentionally promotes and I'll elaborate why. Your ads are dangerous. Why you may ask? Because you're worse than a regular advertising company! You keep a dossier on people, tracking all their posts, trying to find out their Internet history and keep records (I mean, just look at your replies on this thread), you've been known since the 90s on the Internet as someone who contacts people's ISPs if you have sufficient details, you contact their web hosting providers, people's companies where they work to make a scene because they dared to disagree with you on the Internet.
You ironically are the antithesis of safety online, you harass, provoke, stalk and it often starts with one of your advertisements. You have people tell you to go away and leave them alone, but you continue to pursue them, make legal threats etc. until you are satisfied. You are one of he few advertisers out there that I can actually point at and show that you are using information gathered against other people!
In summary, the most dangerous advertisements people need to be weary of is yours, APK. Your adblocking solution does nothing to stop them either.
Poor retarded butthurt APK is mad that he gets spanked harder than a ugly redheaded stepchild daily on Slashdot so now he needs to lash out. Your work is not worth noticing or worthwhile , but it is note worthy for how bad it is.
It should be held up as an example of how not to do things. You write bloated, overly complex toy code that could be better done as a croned shell script. First it has a GUI which for a simple utility like this should never need one but well we know you are a retard so you made a retarded UI. Then for some god awful reason you felt the need to make it multi-threaded. This shouldn't be necessary given what your software does, it is a file aggregator, but because you code like a retard you had to make it multi-threaded so you could get some performance out of it. Also you have mentioned elsewhere that you implemented DB like functionality which further proves you are a retard because only a retard would put DB functionality in a file aggregator. Your hosts file engine is a little toy problem that you have managed to bloat and you weren't the first to write such a thing as other did so earlier and better. So please defend you retarded work more and continue to prove how much of a retard you are.
That also ignores all the other bogus claims you make, especially those about added security as your software won't stop any real threat. There is security that will keep your kid sister out and there is security that will keep nation states out. Your work operates at the kid sister level, it might stop some script kiddies as well but for real security your solutions offers nothing. I am sure you will respond and claim victory as you do every time but just saying something does make it true. I know that is a hard concept for you as you still haven't learned it but maybe this time you will you retard.
I was looking at a book on Amazon. One reviewer gave it one star. Their review: "Cover was torn."
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
In general reviewers who review reviews are unreliable. As for actual reviews, only the negative ones have any value, and a small sample size means greater uncertainty even if the mean is the same. People tend to want to avoid getting screwed even if in a million trials they would come out better with a different strategy. I only have a 1 in 10 chance of dying from this; clearly the odds are in favor of doing it.
See subject unidentifiable loser. You are the lowest of the low online & I actually pity (& laugh @) "your kind" - "ne'er-do-well" do-nothings...
APK
P.S.=> Now go take your welfare check & foodstamps taxpaying citizens like myself pay for AND FOR ONCE try do something useful with your otherwise wasted life... apk
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
(APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
APK your posts on this & the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error &/or bad advice by BlueStrat
Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising & malvertising is quite valid by JazzLad
I like your host file system by Karmashock
(Downmodding me doesn't change these)
* Hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!
APK
P.S.=> China imitated me http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/ ... apk
See subject: Downmod my proofs all day & it only shows the truth of what's in my subject - a thing you can't do that I can.
APK
P.S.=>... & you KNOW it - prove otherwise (oh, that's right - I've challenged you to do so & you can't show you've done the same, or better but perhaps most importantly, earlier)... apk
See subject & see arth1 "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11041035&cid=55094329/ & despite all your bogus useless downmods (I can easily repost those posts getting you to run dry of 'downmodpoints' IF I wish)? There is NO DENYING that those that can NEVER ever get anyone saying they did good work others like & use are ALL THE SAME: crying "ne'er-do-wells" that either hide behind FAKE NAMES for FAKE LIVES (wannabes) - period.
* Of COURSE you're going to TRY say "those are sockpuppets" but I proved otherwise in my posts easily... of COURSE you're going to say "those are all bogus" etc. but funniest part is? YOU CAN'T EVEN MANAGE THAT but I can... hell, you have 1 thing going for you though (lmao) - you will NEVER get a bad review either (since you do nothing, lol).
APK
P.S.=> ... & you KNOW this is nothing but fact + truth from me, offering FAIR CHALLENGES to let ANY of "your kind" show me & the rest of us reading that YOU CAN'T MEET THAT COMPLETELY FAIR CHALLENGE OF MINE IN THAT LINK ABOVE I POSTED... lol! Same result everytime & yes, it makes me laugh @ "your kind" (so does everyone else)... apk
Retard APK is just mad because he got spanked again so now he lashes out. He is just a weak little retard who can't handle criticism and when called on anything decides it is time to start fling shit like the retarded little monkey he is. His is such a retard that he continues to post even though he gets spanked harder than an ugly redheaded step-child. Maybe he should try more bold text, more capitalization, or more random punctuation to make himself look less like the retard he is.