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Re:How I became Leonardo da Vinci on the Blockchain by thisisit on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:50PM (#17295862)
> as you can see with e.g. Amazon reviews and fake news.

If Amazon wants to implement a stricter review check you can rest assured that it will be like YouTube demonitization all over again. So companies err on the safer side and take actions only when things get out of hand. Sure it is not perfect but it is better than system which leaves less leeway.

I read your below reply about how blockchain is required but you lost me at game theory, which frankly has become a go to explanation for everything blockchain. Why will this work in a blockchain? Is always followed by "because game theory and prisoners dilemma etc."

Still given that you are implementing such a system, I am curious what is your background and experience in game theory, maths, voting etc?

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Re:How I became Leonardo da Vinci on the Blockchain by kinsomo on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @06:28PM (#17298647)
> If Amazon wants to implement a stricter review check you can rest assured that it will be like YouTube demonitization all over again.

Why would it? No one makes money from legitimately written Amazon reviews.

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Re:How I became Leonardo da Vinci on the Blockchain by thisisit on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:03PM (#17299919)
Because people rely on reviews and ratings to buy stuff? And stricter guidelines will mean lot of real reviews will be deleted along with fake ones? In which case some of the genuine items will be deprioritized because they have less reviews/rating?
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Re:How I became Leonardo da Vinci on the Blockchain by kinsomo on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:15AM (#17300428)
> Because people rely on reviews and ratings to buy stuff?

There are people who try to make a living on YouTube. Demonetization hurt them and they have a ready-made audience to vent to.

But legitimate reviewers won't really care if Amazon implements stricter checks, because their livelihood doesn't rely on Amazon reviews. People won't have much sympathy for the people pushing crappy products using sketchy reviews who might get hurt, and they don't really have a high-profile forum to complain.

If Amazon wants to implement a stricter review check you can rest assured that it will not be like YouTube demonitization all over again.

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