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Who cares? It's all about credit card conversions :D
Originally Posted by st1575
(Post 22990542)
Well, VFTW's newly "updated" guide to AA redemptions has glaring errors:
http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....merican-miles/ Most of them look like overlooked revisions related to the examples of now-eliminated stopovers, but some clearly stem from not reading the updated Web page (or the FT thread(s)!). For example, AAnytime awards are now subject to the $150 fee for changes to origin/destination. I would expect further updates. |
Originally Posted by oliver2002
(Post 22988032)
Why even bother? Last year I read a pile of misinformation about Munich on TPG which included gems like:
When I tweeted on how many things were wrong in it I got a weird response :) But if they are simply cut and pasting Wikipedia text and doing an Expedia search to find out which chain hotels are available, there is little value in these articles. As you witnessed, it can even cause damage to the site's reputation. |
Originally Posted by stackm
(Post 22992400)
I know there's a disclaimer stating that it is impossible for the site authors to actually visit each city,...
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 22993059)
Only if they make the choice to write about more cities than they visit. I only write about places I've been. No one is forcing them to "write stories" (and I use that term loosely) based on having not visited a place.
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Originally Posted by Canarsie
(Post 22993257)
...and I am not even sure as to what is the value of writing an article about a place to which one has never visited...
Who cares that you're not providing information valuable to the consumer if you're making money doing so? :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 22993536)
SEO, page views and revenue.
Who cares that you're not providing information valuable to the consumer if you're making money doing so? :rolleyes: |
VFTW/gleff's post tonight about the 12 longest flights in the world is riddled with misinformation (and typos) and uses photos of seats not flown by the airlines on those routes. And he could've just used wikipedia to get the list. :eek:
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 23085288)
VFTW/gleff's post tonight about the 12 longest flights in the world is riddled with misinformation (and typos) and uses photos of seats not flown by the airlines on those routes. And he could've just used wikipedia to get the list. :eek:
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I recoiled in horror when I read it this morning... did he even proof read it?
And he is not 'the CFO for a university'. For the correct info please look at the LinkedIn profile. |
Originally Posted by oliver2002
(Post 23086354)
I recoiled in horror when I read it this morning... did he even proof read it?
And he is not 'the CFO for a university'. For the correct info please look at the LinkedIn profile. |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 23085288)
VFTW/gleff's post tonight about the 12 longest flights in the world is riddled with misinformation (and typos) and uses photos of seats not flown by the airlines on those routes. And he could've just used wikipedia to get the list. :eek:
I'm just surprised there weren't some CC affiliate links embedded in it! |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 23085288)
VFTW/gleff's post tonight about the 12 longest flights in the world is riddled with misinformation (and typos) and uses photos of seats not flown by the airlines on those routes. And he could've just used wikipedia to get the list. :eek:
Not his best effort by a long shot. |
Originally Posted by kokonutz
(Post 23087078)
I saw that late last night...all I could do was shake my head.
Not his best effort by a long shot. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law |
Originally Posted by Astrophsx
(Post 23091045)
I think you are completely wrong here. Do you not see the direction his blog is taking? First, why write original material when you can just list out what everyone else posted this week and sprinkle referral links... then... post wrong information in your other posts when you don't have time to do research and let people leave comments for free copy editing... Brilliant use of Cunningham's Law!
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law Bits n' Pieces: Astrophsx claims that VFTW uses Cunningham's law to copy edit his posts. In my experience Richie Cunningham was kooler than Potsy but not as kool as the king of kool, the Fonz. Of course, Ralph Malph was kooler than them all. Ultimately, what's really kool is Chase Sapphire. Meanwhile, miles are longer than hours. In other news, OMAAT is NOT currently running a kickstarter. |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 23085288)
VFTW/gleff's post tonight about the 12 longest flights in the world is riddled with misinformation (and typos) and uses photos of seats not flown by the airlines on those routes. And he could've just used wikipedia to get the list. :eek:
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