Chris Partridge on Nostr: Is it general knowledge in the #InfoSec community that publisher #Packt solicits ...
Is it general knowledge in the #InfoSec community that publisher #Packt solicits fraudulent reviews to boost their products?
Usually they're better at feigning that they want "unbiased" reviews in exchange for free products, but not today. https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040533/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fcybersecurity%2Fcomments%2F171tzby%2Fbook_reviewing_opportunity%2F
This isn't a one-off either - extensive history from other "DevRel Marketing Executives" on Reddit include guerrilla marketing from u/Namita_Packt & soliciting reviews from u/Ankur_Packt + u/Royreddituser3 + u/kunal_packtpub + etc.
Usually they're better at feigning that they want "unbiased" reviews in exchange for free products, but not today. https://web.archive.org/web/20231007040533/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fcybersecurity%2Fcomments%2F171tzby%2Fbook_reviewing_opportunity%2F
This isn't a one-off either - extensive history from other "DevRel Marketing Executives" on Reddit include guerrilla marketing from u/Namita_Packt & soliciting reviews from u/Ankur_Packt + u/Royreddituser3 + u/kunal_packtpub + etc.