[Geewhipped]

See below: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3971061 As it said in the post, the review existed when there was no referral program in place...I answered questions and helped current customers during this time because I like the product and I genuinely wanted the company to succeed. There was never a "promise in exchange for good reviews."

[droithomme]

Here you say "the review existed when there was no referral program in place"

In your article you say, "reviews of the LifeShield products and services (March, 2010), they had a referral system in place. If I got 5 referrals, I’d get free security system monitoring for life. They provided a link to give to possible customers. I used it all over my reviews. I personally knew 3 parties that had purchased systems via my referral link, but I figured there were more that I didn’t know about..."

The article clearly does not support the new claim that "the review existed when there was no referral program in place".

[Geewhipped]

You clearly have reading comprehension issues. From the blog post: "At that point, the referral system became useless to me so I removed the links and just left the review stand. I updated it from time to time and answered any questions people posted as comments or emailed to me. I was grateful for a product I really like and for the free monitoring."

[droithomme]

Thank you for your reply. Your responses here are consistent with the ethics displayed in your articles.

I strongly recommend your article for detailed reading by anyone who feels that anything I have said misrepresents the situation as you are stating.