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Hello there, ICOBench team.
I'd like to open a topic on the value of ICOBench's experts opinions and whether some of the are not abusing the rights they have.
I am member of Vernam's team - a promising project running for more than two months now, with upcoming token sale in late May.
When we launched our project, of course the first platform we listed ourselves was ICOBench, as the most respected one on the web.
We started getting reviews by experts. Normally some are good, other are bad. The most valuable ones are helping us improve the project with constructive feedback.
Great catch!
Also, I can see problems with the following "advisors" at ICOBench, who are not picky at all and sell their faces for tokens from every project, that offers to buy:
https://icobench.com/u/david-drakeHe has a crazy mix of the all different types of ICOs, simultaneously "advising" 70 (!) projects with an average rating of 3.60. It appears that he just take projects to boost his rating, that just looks ridiculous and pathetic. And several project under his "advisory" look extremely suspicious and have know allegation of scam. Not picky at all to say the least. And none of his reviews contain any analysis whatsoever.
https://icobench.com/u/michael-terpinThis guy was an advisor for projects like Lydian (100x flop from $5 price during the ICO to $0.05 now) and Worldwide Asset eXchange (6x flop from $2.05 to $0.34). His average ICO under advisory score is even worse, than David Drake's - 3.57. 23 ICOs, 11 running.
https://icobench.com/u/kteareHis average score of ICO under advisory is 3.40 (15 ICOs). And his only given rate was to a project, which he is a part of, what brakes the ICOBench rules.
https://icobench.com/u/borisotonicarThis one I'm not so sure about. Yet he was involved in a scam ICO and is currently listed as an advisor for Bitxoxo, which has a lot of scam red flags. 6 simultaneous ICOs (and he has another full-time job, according to LinkedIn), average rating 4.04.
https://icobench.com/u/jaredpolites3.36 average score, 13 ICOs.
https://icobench.com/u/marckenigsberg3.32 average score, 13 ICOs.
https://icobench.com/u/moe3.21 average score, 12 ICOs
https://icobench.com/u/bitkay3.2 average score, 13 ICOs.