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A friend recommended fakespot to me a few months back. I tested it by pointing it to a product that I'd recently reviewed. It came back saying that the reviews
by CWuestefeld 10y ago
A friend recommended fakespot to me a few months back. I tested it by pointing it to a product that I'd recently reviewed. It came back saying that the reviews were questionable, giving as an example of a shady review the one I'd just written myself!
Needless to say, I wasn't impressed with their heuristics.
- stcredzero 10y agoIndeed. How do we know some fake-review-review site isn't corrupted and taking money to assassinate competitors?
- corecoder 10y agoThere should be a site that reviews and rates sites that review and rate reviews, so we could finally know which reviews reviews site to go to to find out which reviews are authentic.
- KZeillmann 10y agoBut then we'd need another site that reviews and rates sites that review and rate sites that review and rate reviews.
- corecoder 10y agoThat's good: there will always be another site to do, our jobs are secured.
- dave2000 10y agoHow do I know that you're not a shill for fakespot? How does the person reading this comment know I'm not a fakespot competitor? It's a tricky business, isn't it?
- sudojudo 10y agoGood point. But, for pedantry's sake, your analogy is backwards. The person you're replying to is questioning the accuracy of Fakespot, which would make them a competitor. A shill would be endorsing the service, or placing doubt on the critical comment, as you have done.
- dave2000 10y agoYou're totally right. I have no idea how I got that backwards!