Ectaco caught using MobileRead to create fake buzz about Jetbook

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

You got to see it just in time, Harry. It's been removed by contributor "DanBrown00", citing "No sufficient evidence has been provided of accusations."

Yup. It's gone now!

[DiapDealer]

Well if double-oh-dan says it ain't true...

[WT Sharpe]

Surely someone with a moniker like "DanBrown00" must be a stickler for the facts.

[ApK]

I'm no fan of Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, but I can see his point. Rather than removing the reference, one might have edited it to read along the lines of "Ectaco was accused of astroturfing..." and "According to the moderators of the site..." but indeed, Wikipedia purports to be an encyclopedia, not a newspaper.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

You got to see it just in time, Harry. It's been removed by contributor "DanBrown00", citing "No sufficient evidence has been provided of accusations."

I just this moment did a search under 'astro' and found it.



Don

[alanHd]

It still shows for me, maybe i'm seeing a cached page.

[CWatkinsNash]

Someone undid the deletion.

[AlbertaCowboy]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Now if onyl we could find out the truth behind StoneTools...

Honestly as I began reading this thread, the exact same thought occurred to me. I miss the ol' Stonetools and Giggleton debates. Oh wait, hell no I don't!

[DiapDealer]

WIKI WAR!!

[Apache]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Perhaps I'm saying Ectaco wrong in my head.

When I first saw the thread I thought it said eTaco.
Apache

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Apache

When I first saw the thread I thought it said eTaco.
Apache

Three out of four Americans prefer physical tacos to eTacos.

[Jozawun]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Three out of four Americans prefer physical tacos to eTacos.

Troglodytes.

[Billi]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Someone undid the deletion.

I guess, someone we know!!

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

So Kris777 was a sockpuppet? That's unfortunate he seemed like a decent guy. I guess it does make sense though. I mean I used and liked the etaco Jetbook too but that was 3 or 4 years ago. The ereader world has long since moved on. Anyone still using and enjoying that obsolete device has got to be a sock puppet!

I still use and enjoy my Ectaco JetBook Lite and still find it to be the best 5" ereading device out there. It has a number of features not found together in any other device. I am spending much more time with my Kobo AuraHD, now but despite the misguided direction of Kobo's data collection and lockin efforts, that are manifest in their firmware, it is the hardware features that make it my next ereader not any dissatisfaction with my JetBook Lite.

Luck;
Ken

[Yapyap]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

WIKI WAR!!

Seems to be about right. This is what I'm seeing right now: link to screenshot of the relevant section of the current version of the Wikipedia page.

This is the current contents of the Controversy section in text form:

On July 25th, 2013 MobileRead, an eBook discussion forum desperate for content due to a significant decline in eBook reader interest and site views since 2012, attempted attacking the validity and credibility of Ectaco, Inc. Their claim was that Ectaco, Inc. employees used their online message boards to promote products without disclosing their relation to the company, an alleged violation of forum rules. Forum administrators were unable to provide any proof, citing confidentiality. After a review of the information it was deemed a failed attempt at extortion and racketeering in conjunction with Ectaco, Inc.'s refusal to advertise with the MobileRead. Rules prohibiting self-discussion on this forum are non-existent on the condition that useful information is being contributed to the community. This in-depth investigation of forum contributors has left a bad taste in the mouth of the MobileRead community members fearing their own information is being scrutinized on a daily basis.