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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 4449374" data-attributes="member: 8396">A Positive SolutionWe can all easily condemn this obviously stupid move.  There were numerous actions Le could have taken other than deception.  Why he didn't just ask the community for product reviews is beyond me.  Sometimes the simplest solutions are those that elude us the most....  If anything, Le has some soul-searching to do now that he's been forced to admit that he is capable of and willing to be this dishonest.  A tough truth to swallow.  Is this what he wants to be remembered by?  Is this who he wants to be?  But I digress...It occurs to me that two problems remain.  One, as has been pointed out, more is needed by Le than an apology and a promo sale to regain the trust of the community.  Two, there is community-wide distrust in the entire review process, which Le's actions only added further justification for continuing.I have an idea which could work towards resolving both concerns.  If Le is as sorry as he claims to be, then lets see some real reparation beyond more self-promotion.  Why not help rebuild trust in product reviews overall?  Why not help repair the system that his actions helped to weaken?  I propose that The Le Games become a champion for ethical and honest product reviews.Go beyond "I got caught, sorry guys." and create a resource for customers to use in telling genuine reviews (and reviewers) from the fakes (he should be uniquely qualified to advise on this), create resources for publishers to use in developing ethical alternatives to fake reviews, help publishers find real reviewers so they won't be tempted to follow his bad example, create a resource for reviewers to use to show the community that they are genuine reviewers and not puppets for some other company.Yes, this is a lot of work.  Should true reparation be easy?  I don't know the details of what this "ethical reviews" resource would be.  Then again, I didn't just get outed for writing fake reviews either.  From what I've seen over the years, Le is an intelligent and creative guy, I'm sure that he can develop the necessary details. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Also, this need not be a one man show either, part of championing such a cause would include bringing others into it once the initial momentum has been created.</blockquote>

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