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its not easy to do well. fraud, spam, hate speech, etc.
by Shebanator 10y ago
its not easy to do well. fraud, spam, hate speech, etc.
- SonicSoul 10y agoeasier to do when not anonymous?
- nommm-nommm 10y agoI would go as far as to say it's impossible to do well.
- jameslk 10y agoAll communities have to tackle these problems in various forms, although I believe it is possible to fix in a way good enough to be more valuable than without it. I have some ideas on ways to tackle the fraud problem, such as with a trust-based ranking system, rewarding balanced feedback, purchase verification, looking for heuristics of fake reviews, and avoiding potential conflicts of interest. It's not the primary concern of Amazon to make sure their reviews are authentic, where as it would be with a service dedicated to that very concern. In fact, positive reviews help drive more sales, so there's an inherent conflict of interest that I feel justifies the need to separate reviews from the place selling the things being reviewed.