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Funniest Reviews

47 points by tim_sw 13y ago

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alecsmart1 13y ago
I am curious as to what effect do these reviews have on sales. Some of them rate the product 1 star as part of the joke bringing down the overall rating of the product. Anyone know if that reduces their sales?
- roryokane 13y ago
  I'd guess that 1-star joke reviews help sales overall, by spreading links to the joke reviews, and thus to the product. And all of the products I've ever seen a joke review on already had a bunch of normal reviews, so the one review rating wouldn't affect the overall rating much.
  - dethtron5000 13y ago
    There's a strong correlation between the number of reviews of movies and box office performance, but not the average rating. Having a bunch of joke reviews, even bad ones, probably does more to raise awareness of products than it does to harm sales.
    - alecsmart1 13y ago
      Any links for this study?
    - gohrt 13y ago
      That is total "Correlation is not Causation"-bait. Is "number of reviews" a leading or trailing indicator of box office performance? Is "amount of marketing spend" a confounding factor?
zalew 13y ago
the steering wheel laptop holder also had lots of pics of road catastrophes, etc.
SystemOut 13y ago
I can't believe they left the reviews for Veet for Men Hair Removal off the list. http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK
yk 13y ago
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought ( at the Uranium ore [1]): Unicorn Cookie Cutter - 4.75 I am not sure that all Amazon customers know how to make yellow cake. [1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM/ref=azfs_379213722_UraniumOre_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=1FBFM0PYDW17KRVG0BBE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1608755502&pf_rd_i=1001250201 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM/ref=azfs_379213722_Urani... Edit: Formatting
- eksith 13y ago
  http://www.amazon.com/review/R3JUIEGFUTUWMI/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000796XXM&nodeID=16310091&store=industrial http://www.amazon.com/review/R3JUIEGFUTUWMI/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt... "I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half empty." Brilliant!
gohrt 13y ago
A bit surprising that they went so harshly political, highlighting the Romney jokes on a lighthearted marketing page. The 47% of voters who supported Romney for President might react negatively to Amazon for that.

47 points by tim_sw 13y ago

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I am curious as to what effect do these reviews have on sales. Some of them rate the product 1 star as part of the joke bringing down the overall rating of the product. Anyone know if that reduces their sales?

roryokane 13y ago
I'd guess that 1-star joke reviews help sales overall, by spreading links to the joke reviews, and thus to the product. And all of the products I've ever seen a joke review on already had a bunch of normal reviews, so the one review rating wouldn't affect the overall rating much.
- dethtron5000 13y ago
  There's a strong correlation between the number of reviews of movies and box office performance, but not the average rating. Having a bunch of joke reviews, even bad ones, probably does more to raise awareness of products than it does to harm sales.
  - alecsmart1 13y ago
    Any links for this study?
  - gohrt 13y ago
    That is total "Correlation is not Causation"-bait. Is "number of reviews" a leading or trailing indicator of box office performance? Is "amount of marketing spend" a confounding factor?

zalew 13y ago

the steering wheel laptop holder also had lots of pics of road catastrophes, etc.

SystemOut 13y ago

I can't believe they left the reviews for Veet for Men Hair Removal off the list. http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK

yk 13y ago

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought ( at the Uranium ore [1]): Unicorn Cookie Cutter - 4.75 I am not sure that all Amazon customers know how to make yellow cake. [1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM/ref=azfs_379213722_UraniumOre_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=1FBFM0PYDW17KRVG0BBE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1608755502&pf_rd_i=1001250201 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM/ref=azfs_379213722_Urani... Edit: Formatting

eksith 13y ago
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3JUIEGFUTUWMI/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000796XXM&nodeID=16310091&store=industrial http://www.amazon.com/review/R3JUIEGFUTUWMI/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt... "I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half empty." Brilliant!

gohrt 13y ago

A bit surprising that they went so harshly political, highlighting the Romney jokes on a lighthearted marketing page. The 47% of voters who supported Romney for President might react negatively to Amazon for that.