Re:Amazon Reviews: How We Spot the Fakes
by SilasX on Friday May 13, 2016 @08:30PM
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I don't (just) care where they got material compensation. I care whether they're doing this because of influence from one of the subjects of the story -- e.g. if the PR dude wrote the story and the journalist just forwarded it on.
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What would incentivize me to forward on such a review? Material compensation just happen somewhere... No one posts great reviews about a product because they were asked nicely. Unsolicited? That's fine; I consider that a review based on the merit of the product. Solicited? The first question is, "what's in it for me?"
Re:Amazon Reviews: How We Spot the Fakes
by narrowrail on Friday May 13, 2016 @08:44PM
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This FTC regulation might have more teeth if the definition of compensation included, for example, influencing the hiring or employment of a relative related to the subject of the post.