Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-star Amazon reviews

Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by phakding on Sunday October 21, 2018 @09:38PM (#18271523)

I don't think I would agree to that model. I wouldn't like my money being held hostage for a review. If they give me a dollar discount, on the other hand, I would be much inclined to leave a review.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by eightysixfour on Sunday October 21, 2018 @09:44PM (#18271553)

It is the same model, just semantics. Either way they are increasing the price of the product by some amount and decreasing it when you leave a review.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by ericd on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:47PM (#18271813)

It's only the same model if you ignore the large psychological difference.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by kipchak on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:21AM (#18275339)

I remember this being used early on in WoW; in order to keep people from playing too long XP earned decreased over time.

After complains it was changed to a boost for time spent logged out which was much more popular.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by ericd on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:24PM (#18276495)

Ha! Great example.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by Jedi72 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:52PM (#18271831)

I would just get the discount then leave a 1 star review, to make up for the annoying hoop I just had to jump through.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by phakding on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:17AM (#18274817)

This wouldn't stop people being dishonest in their reviews. Nothing does so far.

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