[@wosa]
No one from any vendor, or even the site admin that I have seen, ever responds to items on this “discussion” page leading me to believe it is useless. Any discussion belongs on the same page as the give-away and reviews and, IMO, it is a poor design to have them separate like is done here. At least on GOTD, the discussion and reviews are in one thread on the main giveaway page, seen by all, and oftentimes someone from the community who knows an answer will see a question there and answer it.
Additionally, I agree with your observation about the ratings being suspicious. The same thing is going on over at GOTD and the only common denominator is the vendor. I called them out for it over there.