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I don't know why amazon has to do this stupid (as others have pointed out on dubiously legal basis) crap - when they have lots of smart people, loads of user da
by forgotpwtomain 11y ago
I don't know why amazon has to do this stupid (as others have pointed out on dubiously legal basis) crap - when they have lots of smart people, loads of user data and pretty much unlimited resources at their disposal.
It might be a hard to write an algorithm to distinguish shilled reviews from legit ones -- but it should be well within their competence.
- gahahaha 11y agoMaking a great algorithm _combined_ with suing the fake reviewers might be even better.
- duncanawoods 11y agoIt certainly makes a headline unlike "we made a new algorithm!".
- brazzledazzle 11y agoPerhaps they want to learn exactly how they do it by forcing the discovery process on them. Then they can use that information to build better detection mechanisms.
- forgotpwtomain 11y agosomeone care to explain why they down-voted this comment?