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 dclowd9901 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:46PM (#18271807)

Nah. Better solution is removing reviews from people who get refunds. Double win by incentivizing manufacturers to refund a disgruntled customer.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by CWuestefeld on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:51PM (#18271827)

I'd sure prefer to know that the product I'm about to buy frequently needs to be returned.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by umichguy on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:46AM (#18273104)

I would love that too! If they had some sort of stat meter next to a product saying x% of the purchases were returned, it would be great. Plus it would force the seller to up their game or die.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by 8note on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:33PM (#18278225)

nah, they'd just change their name more frequently

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by sosborn on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:03PM (#18271879)

I’d also prefer to know how that return process played out.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by x0 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:58PM (#18271858)

If all reviews are glowing positive, what's the point of the review system?

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by monocularvision on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:25PM (#18271983)

According to the article, people were getting refunded via side channel and keeping the products.

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Re:Fake review factories that run on Facebook and post five-... by ElBarto on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:04AM (#18273170)

Which defeats the purposes of having reviews by removing the negative reviews...

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