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I don't think it's even brigading -- that implies that it's at least humans. The app gained somewhere on the order of tens of millions of one-star reviews over
by duskwuff 6y ago
I don't think it's even brigading -- that implies that it's at least humans. The app gained somewhere on the order of tens of millions of one-star reviews over a short period of time. To me, that sounds more like someone's generating the one-star reviews.
- square_usual 6y agoCarryMinati has nearly 20 million subscribers[1], and he was just one of many... forces, behind the reviews storm. India has over a billion people with at least 500 million smartphone users[2], tens of millions isn't that out of the way. [1] https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/addicteda1 https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/addicteda1 [2] https://www.news18.com/news/tech/smartphone-users-in-india-crossed-500-million-in-2019-states-report-2479529.html https://www.news18.com/news/tech/smartphone-users-in-india-c...
- duskwuff 6y ago> India has over a billion people with at least 500 million smartphone users, tens of millions isn't that out of the way. One out of every fifty or so people in a country the size of India getting involved enough in an Internet fight to download and rate an Android app is pretty hard to believe. 10M is a huge number, even for a big country like India.
- square_usual 6y agoIndians sure as heck don't need motivation to download TikTok; it was downloaded 323 million times in India over last year. https://sensortower.com/blog/tiktok-revenue-downloads-2019 https://sensortower.com/blog/tiktok-revenue-downloads-2019