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>Amazon in recent weeks also has deleted thousands of suspect reviews, That's a drop in the ocean. But it's not reviews and brushing, the real issue is fraudul
by strict9 8y ago
>Amazon in recent weeks also has deleted thousands of suspect reviews,
That's a drop in the ocean. But it's not reviews and brushing, the real issue is fraudulent and counterfeit products. I don't even trust Amazon to buy books anymore.
Just like craigslist, facebook, and countless other things, once something gets to be too big, it gets co-opted by bad actors and the risks outweigh the benefits.
edit: highly recommend this Reply All episode about Amazon, brushing, and counterfeit goods: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124 https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124
- jackhack 8y agoThus the importance of sites like https://www.fakespot.com/ https://www.fakespot.com/ checking for likely-fake 5-star reviews before making an expensive purchase is a good idea.
- ikeboy 8y agoFakespot and others like it have crappy algorithms. I know sellers that have never done anything shady for reviews that get graded poorly by fakespot. And their Chinese competitors that blatantly fake reviews get A.
- sct202 8y agoI suspect that the spammers are also starting to do things to not get flagged by Fakespot, especially since FS lists out a lot of the criteria that they use.