Re:Amazon Introduces Tougher Rules to Fight Fake Reviews
by twiceaday on Saturday December 03, 2016 @01:36AM
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> Anyone who gets any kind of compensation for their review (even if only in the form of products or discounts) can not be trusted.
A weaker statement that is still useful is that they can't be trusted similarly to people who bought the product themselves. So it's fine to have sponsored reviews but they should be segmented.
To compound the problem, the seller can see the past reviews of prospective reviewers, and pick those who've tended to give positive "honest reviews". This skews the reviewing even further off.
I've never ever seen an "honest review" that the reviewer made of a product they got at a discount that wasn't a positive review. Never.
Amazon's discount review program should be terminated. Only people who've paid full price for their products and have received no compensation of any kind should be allowed to do reviews.