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I wish I kept a link, but there was looking to buy a book on music theory or something similar. One of the books had 13 or so reviews, all glowing. Many were o

I wish I kept a link, but there was looking to buy a book on music theory or something similar. One of the books had 13 or so reviews, all glowing. Many were of the form "Exactly what I was looking for!" or "Just perfect!" with nothing more. Two of them had the same surprising word that made no sense in the context of the sentence: both reviews used the word "goal." Then it hit me: either the directions telling them what to review or in their own attempt to translate to English, the auto-translation picked the wrong synonym, choosing "goal" instead of "score."

wallace_f 8y ago
Yea, and spurious reviews are egregious on other markets such as booking.com, etc. Booking sites dont just use fake reviews, but also hide or even delete bad reviews. I've personally seen this because I travel a lot. As much as I dislike Google, they act as a neutral third-party for hosting hotel and restaurant reviews. Amazon howrver wants good reviews on products to make sales.
duskwuff 8y ago
Or the reviews were being run through an overeager text spinner.
tapland 8y ago
I sometimes miss my browser translating reviews on amazon.de and get very, very confused.