Title: A misunderstanding about reviews
Last modified: August 17, 2020

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# A misunderstanding about reviews

 *  Resolved [taizhangdao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taizhangdao/)
 * (@taizhangdao)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraudulent-plugin-reviews/)
 * re: Total Upkeep Bkup Plugin plus backup and migrate by BoldGrid
 * Look at all the reviews by one of the developers: Brad Markle
 * This gives a false impression of the popularity of the product and questions 
   its reliability if it needs promotion like this.
 * Is this an acceptable practice?
 * Bill
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffraudulent-plugin-reviews%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraudulent-plugin-reviews/#post-13271101)
 * BRad Markle has written exactly one review, on another plugin. I don’t see any
   fraudulent reviews for the noted plugin.
 *  If you wish to take issue with this, contact the moderators via the #forums 
   channel on slack ([https://make.wordpress.org/slack](https://make.wordpress.org/slack))
 * **It seems to me that you’ve confused Brad’s replies to reviews (all done at 
   about the same time) with the reviews themselves.**
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraudulent-plugin-reviews/#post-13271360)
 * [@taizhangdao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taizhangdao/) I have moved
   your topic to Everything else WordPress and I have renamed your topic from “Fraudulent
   Plugin Reviews” to “A misunderstanding about reviews” because you are making 
   an accusation based upon your misunderstanding.
 * Brad Markle has not done anything wrong at all. Load this page into another tab
   for reference.
 * [https://snipboard.io/vF6NUi.jpg](https://snipboard.io/vF6NUi.jpg)
 * Look at the formatting of those reviews.
 * See the first one? It’s right underneath the word “Topic”. In that image it’s
   titled “very good backup plugin” and the review was written by “ahmad00syr”. 
   That’s the title of the review and the account of the reviewer.
 * See the column on right? It says this.
 * >  2 hours, 28 minutes ago
   >  Brad Markle
 * _Brad Markle did not leave those reviews._ The column you are looking at means
   that 2 hours and 28 minutes ago _Brad Markle replied to that review._
 * That is 100% acceptable practice. I wish all plugin developers read and replied
   to the reviews for their plugins. 😉
 * I hope that clears it up for you. It may be unclear due to the formatting but
   there is nothing fraudulent going on there.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Formatting
 *  Thread Starter [taizhangdao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taizhangdao/)
 * (@taizhangdao)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraudulent-plugin-reviews/#post-13271562)
 * Sorry about that. at 82 my eyesight is not as good as it use to be. What I thought
   was the review’s page was actually the support page. My bad!
 * Bill
    [@taizhangdao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taizhangdao/)

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [taizhangdao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taizhangdao/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraudulent-plugin-reviews/#post-13271562)
 * Status: resolved

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