If that is the case with 1xbit, they probably paid or made a posting about making good reviews to make them look "good" or anything. Their brand here in Bitcointalk is forever tarnished and wouldn't be able to repay what they have done in the past. As long as they can make amends to those who were affected before, then maybe there's a chance.
Trust Pilot has some perks but making them able to do the positive reviews without any facts or backing with the actual experience of the casino, makes it still untrustworthy.
It's still better to make some personal investigation than relying on the review site.
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So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
In my opinion, the best place to review a betting forum is by searching for it here on BitcoinTalk.org.
where else can we get honest user reviews and opinions? We also have official threads from several respected casinos here and the admins or a legal representative of these sites are almost always present to answer questions and/or solve problems that occur.
We also have several subscription campaigns that revert a good part of their profits to the users themselves and not to a centralized platform that uses this for its own profit.... let's encourage more the casinos that we have here.
I'm not a very diverse gambler, but I still believe there's not much need to look for reviews outside of our forum.
I used to check online review sites before, but then I learned that some of them are just paid and some of them are just created to spite the platform they are reviewing against. I just check this forum to look for reviews if I wanted some 'credibility' on what I'm reading. At least, I know that the things I'm reading came from actual players that experienced the site beforehand and know what's actually happening in the platform. While Trustpilot and Coinguru are review sites that you can reference to, still actual people are the best reviewers that you know aren't biased.
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
If I search a casino and it is not here, I am always very cautious about signing up and playing there . I don't want money stuck or documents stolen and sold to third party. . So, remove Trust pilot and counguru. Bitcointalk.org is the best place.
Forgive me as I don't know that a popular rating and review platform like TrustPilot can be this blind or maybe it's all intentional I don't know.
Since they are popular in the field of site checking and reviews, they will be primarily targeted by different gambling sites - sh*t or not.
Part of the marketing strategy too being listed at that site as more impressions, and more audiences, can lure more users.
If the "price is right", done deal regardless of the issues.
My advice to all new gamblers on this forum, do not use Trust Pilot to fund good-rated online casinos, they can't be trusted.
Since you refer to "new gamblers on this forum", for sure they already know what's the deal and the reason why they are here in the first place.
There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
1xBit is somehow considered legit outside the Bitcointalk forum. Let's leave it like that since we can't do something about it.
More importantly, as a Bitcointalk forum enthusiast, we should just follow gambling sites that reach a "trustworthy" level here.
I'm not really looking at or following various casino review sites even how popular they are....
..with the exception of BTCGOSU by our very own @efialtis
Website: https://www.btcgosu.com/
Announcement thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/btcgosu-your-trusted-guide-to-the-best-bitcoin-casinos-5262141
They specifically noted that:
Trustpilot already achieved popularity by being one of the most followed review sites.
But always keep in mind that when it comes to researching a certain website, it's good that we all rely on all possible options we can look at just to extract more details about a certain site. It's also good to see those websites that have an official community discussion group not just here in the Bitcointalk forum but on other forums as well, or channels.
..with the exception of BTCGOSU by our very own @efialtis
Website: https://www.btcgosu.com/
Announcement thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/btcgosu-your-trusted-guide-to-the-best-bitcoin-casinos-5262141
They specifically noted that:
Please note that while we try to provide as objective and unbiased reviews as possible, the final sites's ratings (and therefore sites' rankings) are not based on our own score but on our visitor's ratings. Anyone who registers can rate any operator we feature on BTCGOSU. We are of course tracking this to make sure the system is not being abused.
Trustpilot already achieved popularity by being one of the most followed review sites.
But always keep in mind that when it comes to researching a certain website, it's good that we all rely on all possible options we can look at just to extract more details about a certain site. It's also good to see those websites that have an official community discussion group not just here in the Bitcointalk forum but on other forums as well, or channels.
Honestly you have a point, any review site that advertises shady dealings/companies should be avoided outrightly. And this goes not only for Trustpilot but for every other "reputable" review sources out there that takes bribe, or is not diligent enough to check the validity of customer reviews. At the very least as a beacon of information and safety in an industry ridden with fraudsters and untrustworthy companies, you could've been more responsible enough so as to employ parameters that would detect whether a casino is getting reviewbombed or not. I've seen review sites do this in the past, so it's not a matter of "it's impossible given the technology.
I don't really rely on review sources for casinos to play in as I still see bitcointalk as my best source of info should I decide to jump to gambling, at the very least I am confident and at ease knowing that the information dropped within this forum is based on customer experience alone and with guarantee too.
I don't really rely on review sources for casinos to play in as I still see bitcointalk as my best source of info should I decide to jump to gambling, at the very least I am confident and at ease knowing that the information dropped within this forum is based on customer experience alone and with guarantee too.
I don't really use Trustpilot to check websites, I rely on other sites as well as my own experience to judge whether a website is legitimate or not. I believe that any website owner can manipulate reviews by purchasing votes and creating a façade of trustworthiness with fake positive reviews. This can ultimately lead to scamming many gamblers who may wonder how they got scammed when the casino had received a lot of good reviews on Trustpilot or any other platform.
IMO a better thing to do is to engage with gamblers who are already using the website. Have conversations with them to learn about their experiences with the casino before investing any money. This way, you can avoid fake reviews from random people that you don't know about.
IMO a better thing to do is to engage with gamblers who are already using the website. Have conversations with them to learn about their experiences with the casino before investing any money. This way, you can avoid fake reviews from random people that you don't know about.
I've never trusted any review site be because they could only be used to manipulate and be paid just to increase the trust rate of some sites regardless of their reputation.
It's something that we have to be careful and skeptical about as many reviews nowadays aren't really and were just paid to made.
It's better to check things on other gamblers or trusted communities like this forum if we're checking on the legitimacy.
Deep research is always necessary so we won't fall for scam casinos which exist everywhere nowadays.
I don't really use Trustpilot to check websites, I rely on other sites as well as my own experience to judge whether a website is legitimate or not. I believe that any website owner can manipulate reviews by purchasing votes and creating a façade of trustworthiness with fake positive reviews. This can ultimately lead to scamming many gamblers who may wonder how they got scammed when the casino had received a lot of good reviews on Trustpilot or any other platform.
IMO a better thing to do is to engage with gamblers who are already using the website. Have conversations with them to learn about their experiences with the casino before investing any money. This way, you can avoid fake reviews from random people that you don't know about.
IMO a better thing to do is to engage with gamblers who are already using the website. Have conversations with them to learn about their experiences with the casino before investing any money. This way, you can avoid fake reviews from random people that you don't know about.
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
If I can be honest, even though we know TrustPilot and so on as sites that can be used as references, in reality I have never used them as references for me personally. BTW, I rarely look for reviews regarding online casinos that have good ratings. The problem is simple, we are in a community. In fact, we know very well which casinos have a credible and trustworthy reputation. Except, the casino you mentioned in this thread. because based on its history in the community, this casino has a red report.
Other than that I'm also not referring to Coinguru, although based on your rating it's still a good choice, I didn't bother to check it out. because as I said once again, after all, we already have casinos that have good ratings in the community and some casinos can really be trusted. at least, for now. and hopefully, there will be no problems or obstacles in the future. So far, I have not experienced any problems with several casinos on my trust list. and that, is enough for me personally. but after all, what you do deserves appreciation.
Most of us know that TrustPilot is dishonest in its reviews and ratings of casino sites. And we presume that the casino pays TrustPilot or is it based on their own judgment. But TrustPilot should be able to look for other more accurate and valid information so that they don't provide ratings and reviews that seem dishonest.
There have been many sites that have honest reviews and ratings by TrustPilot, even though that is not true at all. I would only feel sad if there were people who were entirely new to this matter who discovered the information provided by TrustPilot. They can be completely fooled by the ratings and reviews on the site and lose their money.
There have been many sites that have honest reviews and ratings by TrustPilot, even though that is not true at all. I would only feel sad if there were people who were entirely new to this matter who discovered the information provided by TrustPilot. They can be completely fooled by the ratings and reviews on the site and lose their money.
So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
If you say that there's not a single negative review on the 1xbit page on TrustPilot then you are wrong. So far there's a composition of 22% of the total 3028 reviews that have been submitted. After all, TrustPilot is an open platform where each user can give a review as they like. So don't blame TrustPilot for what is happening now.
FYI, TrustPilot isn't just silent about what is happening now, they are also trying to filter out the fake reviews that exist.
To answer his question I think YES. Regular users of the internet, the not savvy ones will trust the reviews on Trustpilot because it's almost like a consensus where there are hundreds to thousands of users there rating 1xbit like they experience heaven while in reality, it's not.
Someone from facebook will really be persuaded to just register on 1xbit and just play there. It must be worth for 1xbit to pay reviewers and advertise through Truspilot, it pays. Despite how badly the casino was condemned here, they managed to make money from those users.
So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
If you say that there's not a single negative review on the 1xbit page on TrustPilot then you are wrong. So far there's a composition of 22% of the total 3028 reviews that have been submitted. After all, TrustPilot is an open platform where each user can give a review as they like. So don't blame TrustPilot for what is happening now.
FYI, TrustPilot isn't just silent about what is happening now, they are also trying to filter out the fake reviews that exist.
If you want to read crypto gambling reviews access bitcointalk forum or do your research on Google including bitcointalk forum on the keywords. Maybe it's not even necessary to do this, because the forum is already quite popular on gambling matter, but just to make sure include it. Here you can find accurate feedbacks and reviews from veteran members of gambling community, against random created accounts at TrustPilot you don't know who are, what means they can be members of the casino itself reviewing their own company as fake customers.
So TrustPilot is complete shit at this point, 
Forgive me as I don't know that a popular rating and review platform like TrustPilot can be this blind or maybe it's all intentional I don't know.
My advice to all new gamblers on this forum, do not use Trust Pilot to fund good-rated online casinos, they can't be trusted. I have been seeing TrustPilot for a long time and I don't even know that I will end up using it one day, I was looking for a platform that rates casinos base on good records and good reviews online, that's when someone recommended this TrustPilot.
I was like oh I have been seeing TrustPilot for a long time, just never used them, until I grabbed a cup of coffee and decided to do some surfing, then I found out that the most popular scamming casino on this forum called 1xbit was rated well on TrustPilot.
So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
Forgive me as I don't know that a popular rating and review platform like TrustPilot can be this blind or maybe it's all intentional I don't know.
My advice to all new gamblers on this forum, do not use Trust Pilot to fund good-rated online casinos, they can't be trusted. I have been seeing TrustPilot for a long time and I don't even know that I will end up using it one day, I was looking for a platform that rates casinos base on good records and good reviews online, that's when someone recommended this TrustPilot.
I was like oh I have been seeing TrustPilot for a long time, just never used them, until I grabbed a cup of coffee and decided to do some surfing, then I found out that the most popular scamming casino on this forum called 1xbit was rated well on TrustPilot.
So if I don't know about Bitcointalk forum and 1xbit I would have though the online casino is a good one. There is no single bad review about 1xbit on TrustPilot and I was like how the hell this is happening?
To cut this topic short, stay the hell away from TrustPilot, I think Coinguru is still a better choice.
I have personally found some good parts in Trustpillow about products and services which have nothing to do with Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and gambling. On the other hand Op, you are need to be aware that shady casinos like 1xbit, since they have their reputation badly damaged they need to rely on deception and misinformation to further continue to scam new people, many of those positive reviews you saw are likely part of a campaign of shilling, people getting paid cents for a fake review.
By the way, there have been several efforts to establish several review web pages for gamblers around here, some of them are okey, others have failed, but to this day I have not found any which is big enough to have a significant percentage of the traffic.
Trustpillow was a good company back in the day, but not nowadays, with these waves of scammers.
These rating platforms have different parameters used in measuring the performance of casinos. It is key to check these benchmark to know if it suits your standard. It will also be a mistake to rely on a single rating by platform to evaluate the reputation of a casino, we should always check other rating platforms. Most reviews are arranged to suit some casinos. Some review websites are secretly owned or financed by these casinos so you don't expect them to publish a negative review. In most cases only reviews that favors the casino is publicized. I don't trust any of them which is why doing research is cardinal.
I agree with the part about using different sites to check the ratings and reviews of casinos but it's still better to rely on a single rating if they're known for their casino reviews over the others filled with nothing but paid reviews. I also take reviews with a grain of salt because i've seen others rate other casinos lower when they're almost the same as the good casinos. You can't always be sure about some of them, and it encouraged me to start looking for other available reviews.
These rating platforms have different parameters used in measuring the performance of casinos. It is key to check these benchmark to know if it suits your standard. It will also be a mistake to rely on a single rating by platform to evaluate the reputation of a casino, we should always check other rating platforms. Most reviews are arranged to suit some casinos. Some review websites are secretly owned or financed by these casinos so you don't expect them to publish a negative review. In most cases only reviews that favors the casino is publicized. I don't trust any of them which is why doing research is cardinal.
I agree with the part about using different sites to check the ratings and reviews of casinos but it's still better to rely on a single rating if they're known for their casino reviews over the others filled with nothing but paid reviews. I also take reviews with a grain of salt because i've seen others rate other casinos lower when they're almost the same as the good casinos. You can't always be sure about some of them, and it encouraged me to start looking for other available reviews.
Trust pilot have lost it credibility for long since when they were scams and Ponzi are getting positive reviews on trust pilots which have led many to fall into scams or investing in Ponzi schemes that are disguised as investments which have misled many in the current market.
So just as I have stated in several of of comments, the best form of reviews anyone can get when it comes to casinos is by following the opinions of forum users who may have taken out the time to truly test the casino to see how effective they are.
So just as I have stated in several of of comments, the best form of reviews anyone can get when it comes to casinos is by following the opinions of forum users who may have taken out the time to truly test the casino to see how effective they are.
1xbit probably paid the Trustpilot to put them on top. I couldn't be sure but there is no way that casino is going up the rank without doing some manipulation because 1xbit is very well known to be a scam in the biggest crypto community.
But every review site today I think is also paid. Some of them don't even list the popular casinos yet the unknown are featured on top all the time. Apart from that, the administrator of the casino accepts banner advertisements where an unknown scam casino can buy the ad space. I remember 1xbit links and banners are on so many crypto sites that I visited.
A trustworthy rating tool is an important way for gamblers to find legitimate sites. So, differences make people wonder. I've done a lot of study on gambling platforms, and your emphasis on doing thorough research is very important. Before you make a bet or choose a site, look into a lot of different sources. Even though TrustPilot may have let you down, sites like Bitcointalk are a good reminder that cross-referencing is not a nice-to-have, its a must. Coinguru could be another option, but you should always double check. Not only does responsible gambling involve money, but also a lot of study.
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