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Way to fight the easy fight Amazon. Didn't sue Fiverr of course, but sue 1k+ John Does? Don't want to invest a little into fixing your easily gamed, crappy rank
by codifiedhabits 11y ago
Way to fight the easy fight Amazon. Didn't sue Fiverr of course, but sue 1k+ John Does? Don't want to invest a little into fixing your easily gamed, crappy ranking algorithm, but want to scare people off from gaming it instead? Priorities straight, not even once.
- thieving_magpie 11y ago>but want to scare people off from gaming it instead? Uh yeah. That's exactly what they're trying to do. They've already gone after sites before. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/10/us-amazon-com-lawsuit-fake-reviews-idUSKBN0N02LP20150410 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/10/us-amazon-com-laws...
- drieddust 11y agoExactly this is very noble but idiotic. Instead of fixing themselves they really want to fix the world. There are billion dollar businesses out there actively gaming the Web to promote their customer's products. Why amazon doesn't try to deter them? Perhaps because they actually earn money for Amazon too or they are too big to fight?
- uxcn 11y agoI have to wonder how effective this will actually be considering that Amazon's reviews are completely unmoderated, and explicitly open to the public. The one thing I will credit Amazon with, is that they are quick to reimburse for fraudulent products when you can demonstrate that it is fraudulent. Quality might be slightly more debatable, but I would be willing to bet Amazon will reimburse on that as well.