Recommendations from 1st time posters

[ianr]

I noticed a slight variant last week: two posters each starting with an initial innoccuous and symathetic follow-up post -- "Oh, I sympathise, the same thing happened to me once" kind of thing" -- which might go to establish them as good guys and belongers, followed a few days later by a more self-serving OP in their own thread. One now seems to have been disappeared. The other's involved in a more ambiguous scheme, but there's enough information about for buyers to beware.

[matthew123]

I tend to cross reference a person who makes an interesting recommendation. But a lot of people do sign up to give a recommendation after lurking around for a recommendation themselves as they may want to chip in with a good word about some work done by a tradesman.

My first two posts were recommendations actually, one of which was for the Vale. So each has to be judged on it's merits.

[Narnia]

I'm interested to know how you know that Matthew. I'm not saying you're not right, just curious.

[matthew123]

Well I first started using this forum purely to get some recommendations on electricians, roofers - before I fully graduated to Football Focus :) They'd always ask how I got their contact details. Some of those I used would ask me to put a recommendation on the EDF.

So using myself as an example that is why I think others have perhaps followed that same pattern. But I do agree that as the EDF becomes more widespread there will be more dubious recommendations dreamed up by local barrow boys turned incompetent electricians and whatnot.

[ianr]

Matthew, there's a world of difference in style between your first two posts and the ones that look more like bad 'advertising features' of the sort that used to (? still do) appear in papers. If yours weren't genuine, you have skills that would be of value to a conman or MI5 operative.

[katie1997]

karter Wrote:

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> i would like to recommend katie1978657.48 and

> LadyMuck for getting me and my mate completely

> trollied last night.(tu)

>

> Recommended peeps.

Clearly a fake first-time recommendation. Tsk. Tsk.

[karter]

that's not what my head says Katie1994stella

[KalamityKel]

Narnia Wrote:

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> >

> I'm interested to know how you know that Matthew.

> I'm not saying you're not right, just curious.

Hahaha are you lacking commonsense these days now too?

If you were a lurker (yes I know it's hard to imagine) and you just happened to see a thread completeley slating a company you thought was actually ok might you not be tempting to cross over in assigning yourself a name and join in the posting on here?

And, of course there's the lurker who may have used someone who was recommend on here and wishes to give their feed back blah blah blah blah blah.

Not everyone (now this surely is REALLY hard to believe) are trolls :)

Karter - are those voices bothering you again? oh dear!

[Narnia]

If I understood the last post I might just comment.

[Moos]

KK, I think Narnia's talking about people starting a thread to recommend a business as their first post.

It's such a difficult area, because it does look suspicious and often turns out to be bogus, but I hate the idea of putting off a genuine poster who's just testing out using the forum for the first time.

I think my first post was defending some of the chain businesses in East Dulwich in the middle of a slightly heated debate, and I was terrified I was about to be steamrollered by a regular poster.

[OutOfFocus]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> judged on it's merits.

Ot even its merits

[Ladymuck]

OutOfFocus Wrote:

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> Ot even its merits

or even

or even its merits!

[HonaloochieB]

All first time posters should be treated as the egregious corrupt vermin they undoubtedly are.

[HonaloochieB]

Having said that, a little less cyncism might make this old world a better place and really it would be unfair to brand all first time posters with recommendations as being economical with the truth.

[Narnia]

..........but everyone posted for the first time once, including you.

[HonaloochieB]

EXACTLY!

[Moos]

Hona, is your Christmas dual personality creeping up on you early this year? Steady, old chap - it's not even Hallowe'en yet!

[HonaloochieB]

Wise words Moos, I'd best keep my powder dry until December.

I blame it on recently rewatching the last series of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[Brendan]

Crushed and devalued.

Crushed and devalued.

[Moos]

That was a joy, wasn't it? I feel it may be funny forever.

[Narnia]

Have a look at the (now locked) Cake thread in the family discussion room. It may help.

[louisiana]

A locked thread in the family room? I'm stunned. I always thought families were full of such nice people :-S

[Narnia]

A first time posters Charity Shop war of sorts, has appeared in the Business section. I wonder what started that?