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Gaming the rep system is a fault on Amazon's structure. If people in China are doing this without repercussions then what is stopping other people across the wo

Gaming the rep system is a fault on Amazon's structure. If people in China are doing this without repercussions then what is stopping other people across the world from doing the same?

srtjstjsj 6y ago
The special thing about China is that China's the only part of the world with a high volume export industry.
- yorwba 6y ago
  In 2017, there were 24 other countries with an export volume at least 10% as large as China's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports If export volume is the only factor, we'd expect to see e.g. Polish companies sending seeds at about 10% of the volume coming from Chinese companies. One possible explanation is that EU exports frequently stay within the EU, so Polish companies would be more likely to try to get fake reviews from e.g. German customers.
  - rhacker 6y ago
    Or you need enough chaos required in the other 90% to learn to do this technique.
  - secondcoming 6y ago
    Mail from China is subsidised, not sure about Poland https://www.ft.com/content/3af8bfb8-ad3a-11e8-94bd-cba20d67390c https://www.ft.com/content/3af8bfb8-ad3a-11e8-94bd-cba20d673...