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I heard that it's because Amazon gives higher weight to reviews backed by verified purchases. If you look closely, you'll notice that most reviews are from peop
by Cyph0n 10y ago
I heard that it's because Amazon gives higher weight to reviews backed by verified purchases. If you look closely, you'll notice that most reviews are from people who didn't purchase the product. I agree that it doesn't make sense in this case - Comcast is just evil - but the system seems fair in general.
- r00fus 10y agoWhich is a bit disingenuous. So if I'm a Comcast customer my rating doesn't count unless I bought through Amazon. I honestly don't know anyone who's done that. Amazon used to be the place to validate if something wasn't crap (and maybe buy it). Now it looks like they're not interested in that anymore. Is there any product site that's not infested with secret-sauce ratings schemes and/or outright fake reviews?
- Cyph0n 10y agoI think it's more Comcast's fault because they're the ones who got listed on Amazon. The way I see it is Comcast is using Amazon's algorithm to mislead potential customers who just look at the Amazon rating. It's not Amazon's fault at all. This is a glaring loophole that Amazon should address of course, but the system they have in place is fair imo and prevents trolls from affecting a product's ranking for no valid reason.