Even if we make the (dubious, imo) assumption that the low 1% figure is accurate, it can still be a huge problem. There are 480 million products on Amazon, man

Even if we make the (dubious, imo) assumption that the low 1% figure is accurate, it can still be a huge problem. There are 480 million products on Amazon, many in somewhat obscure categories. Seems that if the fake reviews are simply concentrated in a popular 1% slice, we've got almost 5 million popular products with ~~100% fake reviews. Obviously oversimplified, but the likelihood is that the reviews are sufficiently concentrated to be a problem using their own figures, and the real figures are likely higher