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Unmasking Fake Testimonials by a YC backed company
- vednig 2y agoit's really all very suspicious
- elzbardico 2y agoThe surprise for me here was finding out that there are people who care about those testimonials instead of flat out discounting them as fiction right at the front
- quantified 2y agoHumans are credulous. This is why social media works for anyone other than personal relationships, and how a society coheres in larger groups. It's also how trolling works, say something that's "obviously" outrageous and many people bite. Media literacy, up-to-date.
- like_any_other 2y ago"Why Fake Testimonials Are a Problem" is missing point 4: they are illegal (I was surprised this rule was only recently enacted - I would have thought false advertising or fraud would cover it already): https://apnews.com/article/ftc-rule-fake-reviews-ban-b7e57e33c1818fa58dd742a921643239 https://apnews.com/article/ftc-rule-fake-reviews-ban-b7e57e3... https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/insights/fake-reviews-in-the-marketplace-the-eu-stance-and https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/insights/fake-reviews-in-the-...
- vednig 2y agothis must be a local law, i don't see this happening on global level obv. it is important for gov. to address such issues with rise in online scams