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The flip side is that I'd started using these as a metric of products to avoid; if a retailer is playing this game, while they might be legit like flavor8 claim
by hga 10y ago
The flip side is that I'd started using these as a metric of products to avoid; if a retailer is playing this game, while they might be legit like flavor8 claims in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12631810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12631810 it's just safer to avoid if at all possible.
Although in general spending a bit of time looking at the reviews, 1 start, recent ones, etc., with a finely honed for decades BS detector is what allows me to continue buying a lot of stuff from them.
- flavor8 10y agoI can't _stand_ the reviewkick sourced reviews, and there is a substantive difference between those and those from "product niche experts". The person who subscribes to reviewkick to "get free stuff" is building a profile to increase their value, so that they can get more expensive free stuff which they can in turn sell on ebay (or, I guess, hoard.) The reviewer who actually _uses_ the product, on the other hand... Personally, given the choice between products I'll definitely avoid those with obvious fake reviews. I bet it's common behavior to do so among those who actually take the time to consult reviews, and I bet Amazon saw the writing on the wall via their analytics.