No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy?


Very interesting and with a fairly profound impact on our audiophile community:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-rule-banning-fake-reviews-testimonials

Some strong language in the ruling. How are some of our YouTubers going to be able to sustain their channels without gifted products?

 

rooze

Showing 3 responses by curiousjim

My two cents.

In the end, every reviewer is getting paid, whether it working for a magazine or YouTube likes. I for one can’t remember ever seeing a truly bad review, I have seen some with some dislikes. I have also heard many reviewers say that they won’t do bad reviews and that they turn down some products and that all makes perfect sense to me.
So in conclusion, I feel that if they tell you upfront that they bought the item at a greatly reduced price or that they were outright given the piece, there shouldn’t be a problem.

@rooze 

Then I guess I’m agreeing with the FTC.😎

...and I think that's pretty much exactly what the FTC are saying they should do