People paid or rewarded to post here?

#1 - Sept. 11, 2014, 10:16 a.m.
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This accusation gets tossed around a lot – that certain people who post such high praise for Anet’s decisions might be rewarded in some way. I haven’t reached a decision on this yet, so I thought the best approach is just to come right out and ask.

Will someone at ANet please tell the rest of us if you reward certain people for their forum comments? If you could just issue a flat out denial then that might diminish the number of accusations, especially right now.

#52 - Sept. 11, 2014, 12:42 p.m.
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This accusation gets tossed around a lot – that certain people who post such high praise for Anet’s decisions might be rewarded in some way. I haven’t reached a decision on this yet, so I thought the best approach is just to come right out and ask.

Will someone at ANet please tell the rest of us if you reward certain people for their forum comments? If you could just issue a flat out denial then that might diminish the number of accusations, especially right now.

We do not pay players to post on the forums nor do we make use of shill or sock puppet accounts. Honestly, I’m surprised if anybody takes these accusations seriously.

#111 - Sept. 11, 2014, 3:55 p.m.
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Okay guys, I think this thread has thoroughly run its course. Like I said earlier, we’re not paying anybody to secretly make positive posts. Any positive posts you see were made by those people of their own free will.