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This is fantastic. Manipulating ratings is a big business, and it is good to see that Amazon is being aggressive toward this. There was a time last year when
by micwawa 11y ago
This is fantastic. Manipulating ratings is a big business, and it is good to see that Amazon is being aggressive toward this.
There was a time last year when they gave MediaBridge a rough time after they hired a lawyer to harass genuine reviewers. This is a much more proactive approach compared to Yelp, who is hoping congress passes anti-SLAPP laws.
If nothing else, this move may call attention to how much mischief is allowed in online ratings.
- rebootthesystem 11y agoI am not opposed to what Amazon is doing on Fiverr. That said, I don't think you might be aware of the entire picture. Amazon itself is likely to be the very reason some sellers feel they have to play these games. See my post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10408396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10408396 Unless you have at least a couple of years of experience dealing with Amazon from a seller's perspective it will be impossible for you (or anyone else, not focusing on you at all) to form an opinion based on all of the facts and nuances of the ecosystem Amazon has created. We get feedback from a large number of sellers we service with our management tools. Believe me when I say that the view from the seller's perspective is far, far less pristine than from the vantage point of Amazon buyers. In a few words: For third party sellers being on Amazon can be a really fucked existence. A few have even gone bankrupt. Again, not defending the wrongful purchasing of fake reviews but rather saying I understand precisely why some might feel the pressure to do something, anything, to save their businesses when going up against a mess of a system almost entirely rigged against honest sellers.