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I would've liked to see an exploration of the methodology the author used to identify fake reviews. The fact that it was sound is taken for granted by the entir
by jmholla 2y ago
I would've liked to see an exploration of the methodology the author used to identify fake reviews. The fact that it was sound is taken for granted by the entire article. I'm not saying it's not, I just would have liked to judge its merits myself.
- saagarjha 2y agoI mean, there are screenshots of the reviews in the blog post. You be the judge.
- jmholla 2y agoLike I said, I don't think they're not scams; they obviously are. I just would've liked to see the approach they took to identifying them. Did they see one instance of a user reviewing with their username and go from there? What sparked this?
- FireBeyond 2y ago"I'd like to judge for myself" isn't exactly "I would just like to see the approach they took".
- jmholla 2y agoThat's absolutely fair and definitely beyond a bad wordong choice from me.
- lapcat 2y agoI didn't start out looking for fake reviews. I just happened to be looking at one of the apps in the App Store, noticed its fake reviews, which seemed very strange, so I looked at a few peer apps, found more fake reviews, and that's when I expanded my search, trying to make sense of it all. There was no methodology as such.
- jmholla 2y agoThanks for the insight! Just old school investigation techniques. Hopefully Apple will see this and invest in real tools to catch such obvious scamming.
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- chrisjj 2y ago"If you look closely at the screenshots, it becomes obvious that the reviews are fake" has your answer. :)