AMD, Intel, Kingston, and Nvidia & Social Media

apoppin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:53 am

Well, here it is. Dozens of pages distilled into a single page blog.

What do you think? It is way too short to be an "article". But i believe it states our case and analyzes what is wrong.

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 4985

I doubt it will change any FanATIc behaviour.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:25 am

That is not the purpose of my blog.

We are asking AMD to enforce their own written social media policy regarding the tech forums
- either their employees identify themselves as such - or stop posting.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:29 am

Here is the crux of the matter - the heart of it

Here is what i want the readers of my blog to think about:

Quote:

How does anyone know that any advice about AMD hardware that they are getting on tech site forums is not comning from AMD employees?

It is in AMD's own interest to enforce their policy.

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 4985

I don't think that will happen either. They've been manipulating away at least since the Radeon 8500 article in PC Powerplay Magazine, talking about the revolution in IQ it would cause and they've no intention of stopping until the bankruptcy court forces them to.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:51 am

It depends. If no one cares, then they will get away with it.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ima ... 173-8.html

Quote:

I will say that I’m a bit surprised that the original findings we published in the Radeon HD 7870/7850 launch article didn’t seem to generate a significant amount of concern from our readers or the community. Toying with graphics quality is a slippery slope, and it should be something enthusiasts care about. Perhaps today's power users have more faith that these kinds of problems are nothing more than rare accidents that get fixed quickly and on their own. In this case, it appears the end result will probably mirror that optimistic expectation. But I think it’s important to stay diligent about defending the quality expectations we have of both AMD and Nvidia. Indeed, if Catalyst 12.4 goes live and the fix isn’t included, we’ll be the first to let you know.

The AMD employees hiding over at ATF VC&G are now saying that ABT *and* THG are shill sites
- they should all be fired from their jobs at AMD. That is the right thing for AMD to do. And by their posts we can see they are pretty damn useless as incompetent employees anyway who left such an embarrassing trail right back to AMD.

jaydip · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:53 am

Well written and to the point.

apoppin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:03 am

Thank-you. It is unique information that you will find no where else.

i spent a long time on this - distilling 50 pages of that Viral Stealth Marketing thread down to one
- i focused on the one thing that we have proof of - that AMD employees post at ATF - hidden - even though AMD's written policy forbids it.

That alone should cause AMD to rethink "not caring" about the nasty crap that their employees post about AMD's competitors. These jerks at ATF *represent* AMD.

And people should care. If they can trust any advice about AMD products. AMD's reputation is now at stake. If they don't fix this, what else don't they care about? This is not minor. This is ETHICS.

jaydip · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:13 am

I honestly doubt it will change anything though.When u embrace the power of the dark side forever it guides your destiny

On a serious note there will be a serious uproar in the tech forums when the users will find their so called unbiased poster as a paid amd guy.So it will probably remain as such.

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