Do review Sites Still help bad casinos?

[STT]

Any publicity is good publicity so being listed is going to help even if it was with a bad review I suppose.   It should be the case that being bottom of a list means very little publicity, ie. not on a front page otherwise it is helping them out way too much.
  Presumably the very worst you have list but not link in order to seriously warn people to avoid such places.

[promise444c5]

Yes good or bad publicity is still publicity.. there’s absolutely no reason to take them down.

If casinos with bad reputation gets taken down then it increase it chance of still getting more victims, that’s what review is all about btw.

Good or bad reviews is how visitors get to know the bad casinos.. Sometimes they like cheating the system with fake reviews so if you ever  visit and notice any, put in your own review too. By doing that , you’re also contributing positively doesn’t matter your review about such a service is “ negative or positive”

[Onyeeze]

Some casino does not have a good reputation there are being covered under the umbrella of the forum and many people see the gambling platform in this forum as a good one without investigating properly about the particular platform, there is one thing I understand in Casino platform I understood that casinos there are in competition and many have license to operate and it is all about sincere but some casino does not operate with license and they have a hidden agenda while they are operating so that is why you see different casinos with the different rules and regulation that we favor them only so I will add device that anyone who see or encounter a new casino the person should do investigate properly before patronizing such casino platform.

[Shinpako09]

Seeing them with a low rating and bad reviews is better than having none at all, at least you’re aware. It’s up to you if you’re inexperienced enough to get hooked by those casinos. It’s not really their fault if you still fall for it. Review sites won’t remove them just because they have a bad reputation, that’s what review sites are for. If they remove them, then you lose one source when you’re searching for feedback.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

Well, the low scores is supposed to act as a warning ⚠️ to the gambler who is thinking of registering on that site and gambling there, atleast, the low score is supposed to suggest to the gambler to first carry out a thorough research of the casino in question before making any final decision on whether or not to go ahead and register on that casino, deposit and gamble there.

So personally, I don't know about you but I won't put any blame on review site owners on keeping scam casinos listed on their review site so long as they score or rate the casino in a way readers are able know or get an idea that that casino is possibly a scam casino.

[Satofan44]

What do you guys think?

Why would you even ask that? Where there is money, there is corruption with the average people. Just look at this forum, most of DT members, merit sources and other senior forum members have been corrupted over pajeet amounts of money from signature campaigns. They are doing everything that they can to preserve the status quo and their sources of this money. Now imagine how the situation is when the money involved is bigger by a factor of a hundred or a thousand? Review websites can be bribed if they are relevant enough, and often in a way that they can not disclose this at all. Perhaps you are really one of the people that believe that 9 out of 10 dentists truly recommend that tooth paste brand from TV? 

Yes good or bad publicity is still publicity.. there’s absolutely no reason to take them down.

If casinos with bad reputation gets taken down then it increase it chance of still getting more victims, that’s what review is all about btw.

Do you actually believe that the generic nonsense claim of bad publicity being better than nothing actually works in a casino? How do you think the brain of an average person works? They find a casino that has the worst reviews possible, nothing good is said about them and they say yes that sounds fantastic I will go to play there?  Maybe if there were only a few or none alternatives available, which in this case is not true. Therefore, it is unlikely that this is true. Most likely negative reviews scare off most people with a working brain, and only the biggest idiots decide to play in places like that.

[promise444c5]

Most likely negative reviews scare off most people with a working brain, and only the biggest idiots decide to play in places like that.

I mean isn’t that what the review site is all about?.. yeah you can’t eliminate the dirty part completely
Bad reviews equal bad publicity, taking them down totally reduces evidence even though gamblers can still research further for other negative yet it mixes positive reviews from other angles aswell ..

I would say confirming some numbers of evidence should strip out all positive reviews until it’s been resolved..that’s quite better than taking them down entirely.

[makishart]

The review sites are acting like shillers these days. They will never post any bad review to the site that paid them. So the relevancy to use the review site these days is almost non exist. It's all due to how it can be manipulated so easily. It's the reason people are not using the review site like trust pilot, and etc.

In fact, unbiased casino review site is already gone, and it's never exist. What we have seen is just a bunch of marketing business with 98% fake reviews on it. Trusting casino review site is the same like you have been fallen into promo pages dressed up as analysis to the casino.

[Strongkored]

What do you guys think?

It might still be helpful, as not everyone will trust what's presented on review sites, as they already have their own preconceived notions about the casino.
But isn't that the point of review sites? They display ratings from worst to best, players should be discerning and research thoroughly before deciding to play.

[FinneysTrueVision]

It doesn’t seem like the most ethical thing to be profiting from something that has a poor reputation, but they also have to maintain some neutrality, so it’s hard to know where to draw the line. Sometimes casinos can be the victims of smear campaigns and it wouldn’t be fair to shadow ban them from a platform over unfounded allegations.

There are casinos which ruined their reputation on this forum, but I still see them promoted in many places. In cases where it is obvious they are a scam, site owners have the responsibility to act honestly and not mislead users for the sake of earning more affiliate commissions.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Review sites make money through listings, so they do not look at the pros and cons of the casino sites before or after inclusion. What they look at is how much money they are actually getting for listing that casino site.

It might not be all of them that are doing this, I don't use those site but I have the believe that it's not all of them that would want to take a bribe from those scam casino just to promote them on their platforms. Perhaps, I would recommend everyone to use this forum because it give real opinion about every casino and most especially the opinions and feedback you get on the forum are coming from reputable members and also from members that have experience with the casino you are seeking to know about.

[arwin100]

Review sites make money through listings, so they do not look at the pros and cons of the casino sites before or after inclusion. What they look at is how much money they are actually getting for listing that casino site.

It might not be all of them that are doing this, I don't use those site but I have the believe that it's not all of them that would want to take a bribe from those scam casino just to promote them on their platforms. Perhaps, I would recommend everyone to use this forum because it give real opinion about every casino and most especially the opinions and feedback you get on the forum are coming from reputable members and also from members that have experience with the casino you are seeking to know about.

There are several can be trusted and giving fair reviews, but there are lots of those sites gives misleading information to their readers. Which is why its good not to rely on the information shown by those sites. Always trust with our own research and instinct, also its important for us not to believe on one source only and always make a habit to read multiple sources or site to know the real reputation of the casino they are looking for.

Many people pointing out that Bitcointalk is good source of information and I agree with them. The threads they created is a reflection on how their casino running.

[bakasabo]

The review sites are acting like shillers these days. They will never post any bad review to the site that paid them. So the relevancy to use the review site these days is almost non exist. It's all due to how it can be manipulated so easily. It's the reason people are not using the review site like trust pilot, and etc.

In fact, unbiased casino review site is already gone, and it's never exist. What we have seen is just a bunch of marketing business with 98% fake reviews on it. Trusting casino review site is the same like you have been fallen into promo pages dressed up as analysis to the casino.

Fully agree that review sites focus or earning money from posting proper reviews than being a helpful source. I dont know who even trust review sites? Review are often written without any proof. Reviews are written by people without any reputation. In addition almost nobody write a positive review. People rarely talk positive about gambling. "Positive" in gambling means winning and withdrawing. When money are withdrawn, nobody would bother writing a review, because person would be busy spending or thinking how to spend. Current any review site look like: positive review = most probably fake or purchased; negative review = person lost money/violated rules/made mistake and wants to accuse someone but himself in such outcome.

[Kelvinid]

In fact the main purpose of most review sites is all about affiliate/referral commission only and most of them do not care whether the casino is scam or not.
Of course there are some honest review sites that do something better than those that do just for commission or even paid review.
However, I do not really care about review sites as it is rare for me to visit them.
This forum is more than enough as a source to find review about casinos where I can also check myself if the reviews given in this forum is real or fake.

This means that this forum serves as a legitimate reviewer and even an accuser.

Well, that is true because I don't see legitimacy in paid review sites. Most participants don't say negative things; otherwise, they won't get payment. So, they need to lie just for it.

But most users ignore it. They don't consider it valid until they try. In fact, even though the casino is known for being scammy, they still fall for huge rewards. That absolutely tells us that reviews are not important anymore, regardless of whether they are coming from reputable sites.

[DoranCat123]

Review sites make money through listings, so they do not look at the pros and cons of the casino sites before or after inclusion. What they look at is how much money they are actually getting for listing that casino site.

It might not be all of them that are doing this, I don't use those site but I have the believe that it's not all of them that would want to take a bribe from those scam casino just to promote them on their platforms. Perhaps, I would recommend everyone to use this forum because it give real opinion about every casino and most especially the opinions and feedback you get on the forum are coming from reputable members and also from members that have experience with the casino you are seeking to know about.

There are several can be trusted and giving fair reviews, but there are lots of those sites gives misleading information to their readers. Which is why its good not to rely on the information shown by those sites. Always trust with our own research and instinct, also its important for us not to believe on one source only and always make a habit to read multiple sources or site to know the real reputation of the casino they are looking for.

Many people pointing out that Bitcointalk is good source of information and I agree with them. The threads they created is a reflection on how their casino running.

Totally agree. Bitcointalk is a good source of community verified information on casinos. So if you want to scam winna, you can read about it here.

[Kelward]

Seeing them with a low rating and bad reviews is better than having none at all, at least you’re aware. It’s up to you if you’re inexperienced enough to get hooked by those casinos. It’s not really their fault if you still fall for it. Review sites won’t remove them just because they have a bad reputation, that’s what review sites are for. If they remove them, then you lose one source when you’re searching for feedback.

I understand that it's not necessary for a review site to take down a scam casino, they will leave it and let everybody that visits to see their rating of every casinos on their radar. It is left for every gambler to make up their minds if they want to believe the ratings or not although I've heard in some places that some review sites are not to be trusted. I guess that I'm fortunate to be on this forum, I don't need a review site to see reputable casinos that have signature campaigns here, I wish more gamblers will know this forum and visit it to get undiluted reviews.

[goldkingcoiner]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

Of course review sites only care about money. It is a business.
 
From my experience, review sites get paid by shady businesses for good reviews by fake reviewers and sometimes even threaten to leave bad reviews if they do not get paid. Of course they would not outright say this but that is how it works. Their entire business model means nothing to the regular person who wants an honest review. Although I am sure there are people who leave honest reviews. They are probably the minority.

Remember ICObench and their "experts". I am pretty certain from my (subjective perspective and opinion) that they were all in on it.

[Dunamisx]

The essence of review sites is to help us know the available sites and the newly introduced platforms, what others have experienced about using them and have to say concerning them as reviews, i don't think review sites helps the bad gambling casinos, because we have a number of review sites and they can always be rest assured to give report about casinos accordingly.

[EluguHcman]

Whether the casino has bad reputation or not, let us get this right that publicity is an advent or campaigns that reviews the reputation and activities of the casino to the public awareness, it may be of promotion or criticism and it is the obligations of every users of the sites to make their decisions if they want to stay there or leave aftermath.

The review is not primarily a feature to kick against the sites while anyone ignoring to read the reputation reviews is at it own risk because the reviews are opinions of the users experience.
Meanwhile... Some reviews maybe false or true and that is why the forum also have to scrutinize the casinos clearly before taken it side after a casino is being accused of anomaly.

Nevertheless, complainant reviews may not also be enough to a certain level to be justified, perhaps you can go extra mile to do your findings too.
I also concur that some reviewers are hired so they may strike the truth off the publicity.

[mcdouglasx]

We shouldn't overlook two things. First, there's no such thing as "bad publicity." Whenever something is talked about, it will always have some kind of positive impact on people. Second, we should know that very few people actually take the time to express gratitude when something works, and most only post on forums when they have a problem with the casino. In fact, some people, even after the problem is solved, don't change their reviews or continue the thread.

Therefore, negative comments might not reflect reality, as they're often what attracts attention. It's like when someone does a thousand good things and nobody says anything positive, but when they make a mistake, everyone jumps to point the finger.