u/ft_renny wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Codesmith pays staff and makes it one of their job requirements to peruse Reddit often under fake accounts. Ever notice a glowing, informational, perfectly formatted comment and it ends with Codesmith? Yeah that’s a paid review
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I'm pretty tough on Codesmith in this regard and I haven't seen evidence yet that people are paid to write reviews, I have seen potential symptoms of that but I personally can't draw that conclusion.
I think that people who love Codesmith might be mislead into posting and commenting without realizing that it was strategic on behalf of the company.
I don't know if you've been to any Codesmith events, but a number of people there are like crazy crazy crazy friendly, positive, and emoji reaction to everything-type vibe and I can easily see how "an instructor saying everyone: we need to tell the world how awesome this is!" can turn into Reddit comments and posts, and the instructor said that because the program manager said that enrollment is down and they need to try to boost enrollment and the instructor too in on their own accord to ask people to do that.
Like I don't think it's like blatant manipulation like you are making it sound.
BUT if you have evidence of that, please share with me, DMs are open