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First attempt at a wiki, so feel free to wiki away at it (add blogs, add links, etc, etc):
Censors:
Delta Points (Renés Points)
Frugal Travel Guy
Milesabound - censors himself on rants
milesforfamily
MileValue
Million Mile Secrets
Very Good Points
Point Me To The Plane
Flyertalk
Travel Blogger Buzz - (proof is TBBs own words here)
TravelSkills
The Points Guy
The Points of Life
GodSaveThePoints
One Mile at a Time
Does Not Censor:
First2Board
Fishing4Deals
Food, Wine, and Miles
Hack My Trip
Head for Points
Miles From Blighty
Miles To The Wild
Points Summary
The Points Jock - Bill of Rights +1
ThreadTripping
Traveling Well For Less
Wald Around The World
Will Run For Miles
Doctor of Credit
View From the Wing
Censors:
Delta Points (Renés Points)
Frugal Travel Guy
Milesabound - censors himself on rants
milesforfamily
MileValue
Million Mile Secrets
Very Good Points
Point Me To The Plane
Flyertalk
Travel Blogger Buzz - (proof is TBBs own words here)
TravelSkills
The Points Guy
The Points of Life
GodSaveThePoints
One Mile at a Time
Does Not Censor:
First2Board
Fishing4Deals
Food, Wine, and Miles
Hack My Trip
Head for Points
Miles From Blighty
Miles To The Wild
Points Summary
The Points Jock - Bill of Rights +1
ThreadTripping
Traveling Well For Less
Wald Around The World
Will Run For Miles
Doctor of Credit
View From the Wing
Which miles and points blogs censor comments?
#106
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 167
The argument is this.
There are 20 bloggers whose click you can use if you want to get this card, and thus earn them $100 for zero work.
Is MMS misrepresenting the work he put into this post in order to persuade people to use his link? Would people be less willing to use his link if they knew he'd just paid someone else to write the stuff?
I think the answer to the 2nd question is actually No, but a big hole has now been dug by his refusal to be upfront. Although, as I said elsewhere, if I wanted an 8-part series of using LH miles on my blog, then I too would be paying someone else to write it because I don't know that much about them - although I would happily be upfront about it.
There are 20 bloggers whose click you can use if you want to get this card, and thus earn them $100 for zero work.
Is MMS misrepresenting the work he put into this post in order to persuade people to use his link? Would people be less willing to use his link if they knew he'd just paid someone else to write the stuff?
I think the answer to the 2nd question is actually No, but a big hole has now been dug by his refusal to be upfront. Although, as I said elsewhere, if I wanted an 8-part series of using LH miles on my blog, then I too would be paying someone else to write it because I don't know that much about them - although I would happily be upfront about it.
#107
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
I’ve been digging into the Lufthansa Miles & More program because of the Barclays 50,000 mile credit card.
I could not find much information on the program, so I’ve spent over 80+ hours studying how to avoid the high fuel surcharges...
I could not find much information on the program, so I’ve spent over 80+ hours studying how to avoid the high fuel surcharges...
But do we even know whether he got someone to write it or not?
Exactly. That's like not giving an HT.
#108
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 167
but either way there's no acknowledgement at all which would be a bit strange
Mother-in-law's rules are obviously negotiable
But do we even know whether he got someone to write it or not?
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1600&bih=769
See the 2nd entry on the list
#109
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
Particularly by someone who fancies himself as some superstar on the disclosure front
Mother-in-law's rules are obviously negotiable
Yes. I've personally seen Drew's name show up in google searches as the author when you look up the blog (see the MMS LH thread)
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1600&bih=769
See the 2nd entry on the list
Mother-in-law's rules are obviously negotiable
Yes. I've personally seen Drew's name show up in google searches as the author when you look up the blog (see the MMS LH thread)
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1600&bih=769
See the 2nd entry on the list
#110
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CLT
Posts: 7,249
I occasionally will censor comments. Usually it is because I prefer to reply to comments and if I cannot reply to it publicly I hope the commenter will take the discussion off-line and email me. Sure, I have the commenter's email, but I don't bother emailing commenters unless they email me directly. If the comment can't be replied to without divulging who I work for or specifics of my company's travel policy I usually delete them.
A commenter called me a "see you next tuesday" and I left it up because it's more of a negative reflection on the commenter than myself.
As for affiliate links, I have nothing that isn't available in the SPAM thread (ebates, mr rebates, etc). I have no credit card affiliate links and I only talk about credit cards I personally have.
A commenter called me a "see you next tuesday" and I left it up because it's more of a negative reflection on the commenter than myself.
As for affiliate links, I have nothing that isn't available in the SPAM thread (ebates, mr rebates, etc). I have no credit card affiliate links and I only talk about credit cards I personally have.
#111
Join Date: May 2009
Location: USA
Programs: UAL 1MM, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist, AA 3MM
Posts: 831
Many times leaving the comments uncensored is more beneficial to the blog than blocking or censoring them. What is nice is that there respondent can not go back in and modify them.
#113
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CLT
Posts: 7,249
Also, if several comments from the same IP address all post to the same thread under different names that is usually a characteristic of spambots.
#114
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: SPG Platinum, UA GS
Posts: 121
It's used as a cover for spam. If you post the same message 20 times, I think it's reasonable to view doing so as spam meant to drown out productive conversation. But if 20 different people do it, that's not spam that's a whole bunch of people expressing an opinion in the same way.
Ultimately if your concern is "deceiving the readers" (though I am always surprised by how many people here are concerned with these nameless, faceless 'other' readers that are clearly downtrodden and in need of sympathy and protection) then it seems like you should also not want deceipt by commenters.
Just as you also wouldn't want deceit by forum community members who post misinformation on deal threads in order to prevent people from taking advantage of deals and keep those deals alive longer for themselves.
#115
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: FL
Programs: AAdvantage Elite Plat, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Hertz Gold, BA
Posts: 498
I am sure I posted on the 3rd installment ( Friday) and asked him who had authored the document. I see that my post was removed and the list of comments is very short today. I like Dariuus and doubt I ever left a nasty comment, not my style. Definitely moderation and post removals in full force.
#117
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: AMEX Plat, AAdvantage Gold, UA, SPG Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 963
When it is done maliciously, I think there is a problem. What is wrong with the same person leaving multiple comments in made up names in the same thread, within a short space of time? Well - it gives the impression of critical mass to push one persons agenda. People are pack led, and if 'everyone' is calling out the same thing then people might start following along, without really knowing why - or at the very least start having more and more doubts about the point being raised.
If that situation is being intentionally created by one person with an agenda I would say that is wrong.
#118
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: In CT,left my heart in Leicester.
Programs: Work in progress.
Posts: 1,237
Thank you Raffles and everyone else for your point of view.
While I do think that MMS should have disclosed who wrote the piece, I also believe that this is being blown way out of proportion.
Just MHO.
While I do think that MMS should have disclosed who wrote the piece, I also believe that this is being blown way out of proportion.
Just MHO.
#119
Join Date: Oct 2004
Programs: DL Gold
Posts: 880
I am sure I posted on the 3rd installment ( Friday) and asked him who had authored the document. I see that my post was removed and the list of comments is very short today. I like Dariuus and doubt I ever left a nasty comment, not my style. Definitely moderation and post removals in full force.
#120
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
Particularly by someone who fancies himself as some superstar on the disclosure front
Mother-in-law's rules are obviously negotiable
Yes. I've personally seen Drew's name show up in google searches as the author when you look up the blog (see the MMS LH thread)
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1600&bih=769
See the 2nd entry on the list
Mother-in-law's rules are obviously negotiable
Yes. I've personally seen Drew's name show up in google searches as the author when you look up the blog (see the MMS LH thread)
https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1600&bih=769
See the 2nd entry on the list
I think Daraius had been trying to position his blog as being more straightforward and transparent than the other blogs. If he would have introduced the guest blogger "And now here's an article about Lufthansa by Drew," people would have applauded and it would have been a non-issue. As it was, when readers mentioned Drew's byline in comments, if Drew wrote the article Daraius should have quickly acknowledged that Drew wrote the article. I believe that would have been the smarter thing to do. Removing Drew's name as author of the article and not responding to questions about it is what has created Authorgate and made it an issue.