3 ms·
You're right that there is an arms race between fake reviewers and Amazon, but the conclusion - that because it's a race Amazon shouldn't try, is spurious. Amaz
by ALittleLight 8y ago
You're right that there is an arms race between fake reviewers and Amazon, but the conclusion - that because it's a race Amazon shouldn't try, is spurious. Amazon should pursue the race aggressively, and because they can allocate more money and software developers to the contest than any one group of fake reviewers, they should also ultimately win.
- thinkloop 8y agoYou're right. Is Amazon not applying any machine learning to their reviews? Google solved spam email and that seems similar.
- plorkyeran 8y agoGoogle beat email spam, but has fared much worse with fighting blackhat SEO. Email spam has evolved remarkably little in the face of spam filters, and it may be that they were able to "solve" it simply because there never was all that much money to be made from it in the first place.
- tyingq 8y agoI don't think there's an arms race. Is there really evidence Amazon has even thrown any shots across any bows?