No More Fake News!

We are all familiar with the dread of trying to determine if content we find online is credible. Up until discovering the content I discuss in this blog – I have been skeptical of the Feogi site. This is because content creators on TikTok promoted this site and claimed that with promo code “XYZ35”, you can purchase anything on this site for free. I investigated this and found it to be true – the items on my cart indeed became $0 after entering that promo code, leaving only delivery fees as expenses. Despite this, I could not bring myself to make a purchase. I remained skeptical as it seemed too good to be true. To resolve my skepticism I looked up the site to determine if it were a scam, however – I did not get a definitive “Yes” it is. However, neither did I get a “No”. This scenario is merely one of the many reasons it is important to know how to evaluate a site.

My Exposure to Web Evaluation

Recently, I have had the opportunity to learn about evaluating websites. Although I like to think I am a great judge of inauthentic web content. I learnt that there are many sites that do an amazing job of mimicking legitimate sites that a mere judge of aesthetics is not sufficient for evaluation. This exposure has caused me to be more critical of the information I find online. I do not mean this in the paranoid sense but instead, the empowered sense. This is because, despite being aware of the potential to consume fake content, I now have a way of identifying legitimate from illegitimate content. In an effort to share this knowledge with others, I have put together a Website Evaluation Guide that goes through ways to evaluate websites, provides a simple test to confirm you understand the material and provide additional resources I believe will be helpful.

Is Foegi a Legitimate Site?

You must be curious to determine my conclusions on the Feogi site, I don’t want to string you along, but based off the Website Evaluation Guide I referenced earlier, what do you think?

Personally, I do not consider the site is be legitimate. I say this for the following reasons:

1. There is no real way to speak to a representative from the company, they never responded to my emails weeks after I attempted to make contact
2. All the customer reviews for the items are positive, I could not find a single negative review which is very unlikely
3. There are multiple promo codes available and each of these promo codes do not have an expiration. This is very inconsistent with how promotions work.
4. The products on their sites are very comparable to products on other retail sites for costs much cheaper that listed.
5. The customer reviews to not have timestamps
6. There is too much controversy over the legitimacy of the site on other sites. And none have guaranteed it’s authenticity
7. The site is completely self referential, and provides no true way to validate it.

If you notice, I did not say the site is fake – however I suggest that there are overwhelming reasons to believe it to be inauthentic. I am curious to hear your thoughts on it – especially if you can make a counterargument using the Evaluation guide to legitimize the site.