Re:The Never-Ending War on Fake Reviews
by BookmarkSaver on Thursday May 31, 2018 @02:55PM
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I don't think there's any comparison to be made. The term "fake news" was primarily popularized by a guy who was blatantly lying and who's grasp of the English language barely extends to 5 letter words and who doesn't even really bother with the grammar. "Fake reviews" are literally just fake reviews, it's not even really a technical term, it's just what they are.
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Re:The Never-Ending War on Fake Reviews
by surfingtheweb on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:43PM
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I think it was more heavily popularized immediately after Wikileaks' DNC email leaks by the people who opposed the guy you're talking about. Then, the guy you're talking about adopted it as a counter-attack in order to devalue the term. His campaign turned the weapon back on its source. If you were paying attention to how the term "fake news" evolved, it started as a weapon for the left and then was adopted by the right. It's a great way to censor or discredit information that is inconvenient for you, regardless of your political leaning.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2015-05-01%202...