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There is a huge difference. Review bombs are by people who usually have not played the game/app but post negative reviews on mass because of something usually u
by teruakohatu 6y ago
There is a huge difference. Review bombs are by people who usually have not played the game/app but post negative reviews on mass because of something usually unrelated to the game itself. In the case of Robinhood they are written by people upset that they have been monetarily screwed by the app. There were millions of people in WSB, 100,000 negitive reviews is only a fraction of that.
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- zamadatix 6y agoI don't think there is any appreciable difference, at least with the Steam example, as to review it you have to have owned it and refunds are neither easy or plentiful. Besides they were usually bombed for things relating to game login changes or DRM changes not on a whim like free apps on Google Play often are (which Robinhood is). That's not to say Robinhood didn't deserve poor reviews or Steam hiding it is good but it definitely has seemed to strike more of a nerve with Robinhood even though both were very similar.
- dmoy 6y agoGiven a lot of the comments I've seen today, I think a lot of people are upset they have been monetarily screwed, but do not actually understand the reason why they got screwed, and are just repeating stuff they've heard, regardless of its truth.
- ehsankia 6y agoEither way, this could've been an automated system kicking in, which probably cannot tell between legitimate and "illegitimate" review bombing.
- UncleMeat 6y ago> In the case of Robinhood they are written by people upset that they have been monetarily screwed by the app. Are they? This feels identical to a few people organically getting mad and then people bandwagoning.