[Waterbaby]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

If you people can't see the difference between a new member giving a review and a new member/owner of a restaurant coming here and telling everyone how good his place is like he's just another customer then what standards do you use?

Okay, I can definitely see the difference. BUT, how do we know for sure when it's "a new member/owner of a restaurant coming here and telling everyone how good his place is like he's just another customer" or "a new member giving a review"?

If I suspected the person was the restaurant owner like TiltonBB did in this instance, then I probably wouldn't give the post any credibility. Do we just assume a person making his/her first post on a particular thread, saying how great the business being talked about is, is the owner of said business? Or do we just assume it's a new poster who loves the business? Me, I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt and assume the latter.