<story><title>Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web</title><url>http://www.techspot.com/news/52274-samsung-admits-to-posting-fake-user-reviews-on-the-web.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wging</author><text>&amp;#62;perhaps the bigger issue here is this: if Samsung has been using these tactics against HTC, are they also engaged in similar marketing techniques with other rivals?&lt;p&gt;The even bigger issue is, who else is doing this more intelligently than Samsung?</text></comment>
<story><title>Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web</title><url>http://www.techspot.com/news/52274-samsung-admits-to-posting-fake-user-reviews-on-the-web.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lutusp</author><text>The title is a bit misleading -- the story is not that Samsung used devious marketing methods, the story is that they were caught. Any number of companies hire shills to post phony endorsements, the trick is not to get caught.&lt;p&gt;In fairness to companies like Samsung, if everyone is doing it, to stand on principle is to risk being trounced by those who don&apos;t.</text></comment>