In October 2011, Stardoll had raised the difficulty of the globalization of free and collectable items. Ever since its existence, free items had been provided to selected users in certain locations. Internationally, free items in contests and campaigns are minimal, and are almost always sponsored by Stardoll.
To those who are unfamiliar with getting around Stardoll's "ranking" system, proxies are used to manipulate your IP address to make you seem like you're in a country where you're not, thus allowing you to acquire the free items. Last month Stardoll had placed the most inconvenience to proxies: they disabled several copy and paste methods. This made it almost required to use a manual proxy, something slow and sometimes impossible.
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It's ridiculous for Stardoll to not only raise the bar on proxies, but to create a situation where we even need it. Stardoll feels cheated with proxies, as their sponsors pay for only a certain area. The places where free items are almost consistently available are the most populous, for example the UK, US, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Italy, and Poland. This biased behavior is unacceptable and ridiculous. All Stardoll users are on the site to enjoy the fun equally. This cheats superstars the most, as they are paying Stardoll in the same proportions are those who are able to get the free stuff.
How can Stardoll call themselves "international" if they practice favoritism? The thought is unbearable.
Stardoll should provide free things to everybody, and not having only a few items to those in countries where the Stardoll population is low. This insipid idea Stardoll created not only applies to free things, but to shopping as well. Stardoll creates stores for selected users as well, and you can almost see Stardoll talking to their sponsors, saying, "So which country do you want this available only for?"
To make matters worse, Stardoll has received several complaints on how free things are not for everybody, but they haven't taken the voice of the "people" into consideration. That's the kind of arrogance Stardoll has, for instance how they promise they will provide an answer to your feedback within time, but they never get around to it (unless you are one of the highest payers of the site, then you might get a reply).
Stardoll is continually profiting from advertising to its users. Rapidly growing, Stardoll always pushed down on the words "international," "fun," and "everywhere." There's hardly anything true about them, besides games and dressup dolls that aren't regional. Don't bet it on it, perhaps in a year from now, that will change. How closed off Stardoll can be is absolutely despicable.
Sincerely,
baltimorej
3 comments:
For starters I like the overall style and feel of the post. I do like how you did someone a little more out of the box (although not entirely.) I like this post.
I like this too, I can tell your annoyance. And I can relate to this because I like freebies even though I'm SS. I totally agree with you though. Your pictures were also relevant somewhat. Good job.
I think you're my new favorite.
Your writing style is lovely, you used pictures to support your ideas, and you choose a slightly different subject then your competitors without totally jumping outside the box/your comfort zone.
Well done!
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