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Not a whole lot, even before when I _was_ giving unbiased reviews. I found that many people "downvoted" my negative reviews as unhelpful (maybe they were frien
by Hydraulix989 10y ago
Not a whole lot, even before when I _was_ giving unbiased reviews.
I found that many people "downvoted" my negative reviews as unhelpful (maybe they were friends of the seller?), despite the fact that they were critical, yet not inflammatory, reviews (and what most people would consider to be very helpful) --
-- Much like how some HN users downvote similarly-constructive posts that they disagree with.
- 1_listerine_pls 10y agoIncentivized reviews do skew the score distribution. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a reason to ban them.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoI agree. I didn't even include the "unbiased discount" footnote/disclaimer in my "unbiased" reviews because I didn't want it to hurt my own personal credibility as a reviewer. My partners-in-crime actually really appreciated that omission.
- rconti 10y agoI read this a few times and couldn't quite parse it. Are your unbiased reviews the ones for which you weren't offered the product (eg, paid full price)? Or are you saying even your discount/freebie reviews are unbiased? Who are your partners in crime? The sellers?
- BoorishBears 10y agoI read it as there was a time before he tried for top reviewer when his reviews were unbiased (meaning the free items were the unbiased), and the sellers were the partners in crime.
- BoorishBears 10y agoEdit: free items were /biased/ not unbiased