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Ethically Paid Reviews - payments and their impact (Topic Discussion)
A discussion that keeps popping up on social media ever so often is whether reviews should be paid for or not. After all, people deserve to be paid for their time. Also, if someone is sent a free copy of a game for review, then that's surely some form of payment. I mean, some publishers even send goodies to reviewers, which shows that these people deserve some recompense. Or maybe payment creates some level of bias and threatens the integrity and honesty of the review. There are also legal implications, of course. So in this article, I want to give you my opinion on the situation.
Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/03/28/ethically-paid-reviews-payments-and-their-impact-topic-discussion/
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