What Defines A Clicking Cartel?

I've just had a thought; a clicking cartel appears to be when a member starts rating another member's reviews with the hope of the same effect to make points get higher or to make more money- but what happens if a member finds a copied review and asks another member to downrate the review? Is it the same as a clicking cartel?

Nar wrote:

I've just had a thought; a clicking cartel appears to be when a member starts rating another member's reviews with the hope of the same effect to make points get higher - but what happens if a member finds a copied review and asks another member to downrate the review? Is it the same as a clicking cartel?

A clicking cartle is where people purposely rate each others reviews to make money and not poin out a review to read, so I would say they are two different things.

MM Im confused then.

The thought came to me when I was reading a new review by another member, and the review has been received VH's and E's. I however spotted a copied section and have since contacted another member to downrate the review of which they have done - but could it well be considered Ive created a clicking cartel??

I would guess that by actually trying to influence another member how to rate would break their rules no matter if you were pointing out a wrong. By rules you should have just reported it, I might do a review on Clicking Cartels, it's such a hot topic that has been doing the rounds for years, wud get me loads of reads.....Methinks I will ......

For me a clicking cartel is a group of members merely reading and rating each others reviews exclusively usually there would be a lot of E's or nominations on Dooyoo to try and increase the financial return.

In your example I would have thought that giving a low rating with a comment to support it would be sufficient as in most cases it would alert the next person to read the review.

It should also be reported if it is copying.

Yeah but Ive done that.. it just highlights a thin line between a clicking cartel when going to other reviewers who have rated copied reviews as something different who didnt know at the time, and me asking them to re-rate. Could that be considered a clicking cartel..?

Or am I just a pain in the Grass?

Nar wrote:

Yeah but Ive done that.. it just highlights a thin line between a clicking cartel when going to other reviewers who have rated copied reviews as something different who didnt know at the time, and me asking them to re-rate. Could that be considered a clicking cartel..?

Or am I just a pain in the Grass?

Pain in the Grass !!

Ta!! At least I can smoke some when i get the chance!!

Oops maybe I'm a clicking cartel instigator too then? I suggested a product recently and before I got home from work the day I received the email from Ciao to say it had been added someone had already posted a review. I read it only to find it had been copied WORD for WORD from a film review site. I did inform a few people who had rated it VH that it was copied as well as reporting it to Ciao.

Am I a bigger grass than young Nar then?

If the review is deleted, which I presume it will be, I am not sure how you stand here as the first reviewer gets the bonus. I would actually check with ciao before posting yours or you may dip out on payment due to you.

communicate in secret (private emails) in order to formulate their clicking cartelness?

eh ? don't understand that