This isnt' a slippery slope. It's a bad rumor posted by a player that hasn't posted since July (so they're not going to edit it). In the future we can work towards having people be more cautious about posting rumors/bad info (like the recent claims of Gamestop pre-orders of Mario Galaxy). However, this one has gotten way out of control.
The article has zero value and is distorting predictions on the site. The value of VGchartz numbers can be argued (and hopefully its influence will die down), but there is no value whatsoever in having a long-debunked rumor sitting at the top of the stock articles, driving the price higher.
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This isnt' a slippery slope. It's a bad rumor posted by a player that hasn't posted since July (so they're not going to edit it). In the future we can work towards having people be more cautious about posting rumors/bad info (like the recent claims of Gamestop pre-orders of Mario Galaxy). However, this one has gotten way out of control.
The article has zero value and is distorting predictions on the site. The value of VGchartz numbers can be argued (and hopefully its influence will die down), but there is no value whatsoever in having a long-debunked rumor sitting at the top of the stock articles, driving the price higher.