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One solution I just thought of (a bit scorched earth maybe) would be to stop allowing written reviews. Only allow video reviews and enforce showing a) the revie
by deegles 8y ago
One solution I just thought of (a bit scorched earth maybe) would be to stop allowing written reviews. Only allow video reviews and enforce showing a) the reviewers face b) the product and c) the proof of purchase (could be blurred afterwards for privacy). An automatically created transcript would be shown with the video.
This would make it more difficult/obvious if one person were to submit many reviews (use face recognition), raise the barrier for fake reviews, and give a lot more ‘signal’ to people trying to determine if a review is fake.
Of course, with Deep Fakes and such this could be bypassed still, but it could still have an impact.
- function_seven 8y agoThe problem there is you pretty much get no reviews at that point. Almost nobody is going to go through all that trouble to leave a review of a product if it means having to film yourself doing so. Meanwhile, paid reviewers will happily do so.
- lopmotr 8y agoIt's pretty common for clothing buyers on Taobao to post a photo of themselves wearing what they bought as a review. I'm not sure how the site or the sellers incentivise this, but it surely adds some trust.
- blanderman 8y agoOne of my dream projects would be to create a movie review app where users have to upload a photo of their ticket stub in order to be able to review a film. Maybe also require a GPS tag.
- exodust 8y agoPlot holes galore in your idea. Ticket stubs are different everywhere, impossible to verify, easily faked. Movies can be seen online or rented. I rate your idea zero stars.
- ifcologne 8y ago> I rate your idea zero stars. You might want to but you are forced to provide a one star rating instead. :)
- InitialLastName 8y agoThis is still easy to get around. 1) Give a person a gift card to purchase product 2) They purchase product and review (following this procedure) 3) Pay them 4) Repeat