Comments on: Live blogging from Avvocating conference in Seattle – Mark Britton from Avvo http://avvoblog.com/2010/01/22/live-blogging-from-avvocating-conference-in-seattle-%e2%80%93-mark-britton-from-avvo/ Find a Lawyer. Free Legal Advice. Lawyer Ratings. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: John M. Kaman http://avvoblog.com/2010/01/22/live-blogging-from-avvocating-conference-in-seattle-%e2%80%93-mark-britton-from-avvo/comment-page-1/#comment-76665 John M. Kaman Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:31:26 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4857#comment-76665 I join in the comments of my colleague Robert Marshall. As you know I have complained about the uneven quality of Avvo answers from the beginning. The level of no content answers has now risen to the almost farcical, with attorney totals for spam and incorrect answers approaching 400 answers per attorney per week. I am also re-evaluating my position in Avvo as well as my small advertisement. If you won't police the quality of answers then you are supporting a large number of pimps, a company that I don't wish to be a part of. I join in the comments of my colleague Robert Marshall. As you know I have complained about the uneven quality of Avvo answers from the beginning. The level of no content answers has now risen to the almost farcical, with attorney totals for spam and incorrect answers approaching 400 answers per attorney per week. I am also re-evaluating my position in Avvo as well as my small advertisement. If you won’t police the quality of answers then you are supporting a large number of pimps, a company that I don’t wish to be a part of.

]]> By: Robert L. Marshall http://avvoblog.com/2010/01/22/live-blogging-from-avvocating-conference-in-seattle-%e2%80%93-mark-britton-from-avvo/comment-page-1/#comment-72450 Robert L. Marshall Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:02:02 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=4857#comment-72450 Unfortunately, many Avvo posters are nothing but spammers who post advice that is worthless at best, and downright dangerous at worst. Alan Brinkmeier, the perennial leaderboard fixture, is one of the most obvious, but more recent contender Theodore W. Robinson of New York is vying for the title. After being repeatedly called out by California criminal defense attorneys for posting inaccurate answers, he's taken to padding his Avvo rating by waiting until a California attorney (often one of those who took him to task in the past) has answered, then adding an empty "I agree with the prior answer" post. The situation has become so bad that someone has actually started a Pimp My Avvo Rating blog (a takeoff on Pimp My Ride, the MTV series where a viewer's hooptie is customized into an over-the-top pimpmobile). http://pimpmyavvorating.blogspot.com/ This kind of misuse of Avvo is lowering the credibility of the site. I'm seriously reconsidering my participation, as are some other dedicated, ethical attorneys who don't want to be seen among the pimps. Unfortunately, many Avvo posters are nothing but spammers who post advice that is worthless at best, and downright dangerous at worst.

Alan Brinkmeier, the perennial leaderboard fixture, is one of the most obvious, but more recent contender Theodore W. Robinson of New York is vying for the title. After being repeatedly called out by California criminal defense attorneys for posting inaccurate answers, he’s taken to padding his Avvo rating by waiting until a California attorney (often one of those who took him to task in the past) has answered, then adding an empty “I agree with the prior answer” post.

The situation has become so bad that someone has actually started a Pimp My Avvo Rating blog (a takeoff on Pimp My Ride, the MTV series where a viewer’s hooptie is customized into an over-the-top pimpmobile).

http://pimpmyavvorating.blogspot.com/

This kind of misuse of Avvo is lowering the credibility of the site. I’m seriously reconsidering my participation, as are some other dedicated, ethical attorneys who don’t want to be seen among the pimps.

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