SINGAPORE — A Facebook post which called a S$2,300 advertising proposal by food website Sethlui.com to be featured in a food recommendation article a scam is “patently false”, said the online publication on Friday (Oct 6).
Facebook user Yang Charlene Yan put up a post on Wednesday which called a S$2,300 advertising proposal by food website Sethlui.com to be featured in a food recommendation article a scam
He also said that most of its reviews and features are paid out from its own budget, with a disclaimer for branded or sponsored content appended clearly at the end of those articles “Now they just ask for money, content and pictures to be provided and you buy yourself a random spot on the article, disguised as genuine article instead of disclosing as a paid ad.It is not clear what kind of food and beverage business Ms Yang runs or owns. She declined to comment when contacted by TODAY.
“If it were true, the biggest names in F&B would top all our lists, squeezing out everyone else,” he said. Further research was carried out on the outlet, which later found that it has a 4.7-star rating from almost 140 reviews.
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