Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon
by Nasrudith on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:13AM
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I'll bite - how does incentive have anything to do with a task that is essentially impossible to stop at large? There will always be someone gaming it to boost sales and work around it.
It seems a bit like complaining that a surgeon that does autopsies doesn't raise the dead.
Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon
by corty on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:20AM
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Amazon actively ignores reports such as the OPs, has corruption in its ranks and even has programs like Vine to generate overly positive reviews. Even if Amazon could not stop review crime, it could end its complicity in it and drastically reduce it. This doesn't happen because a) it costs money and b) it might reduce sales. Incentives are very clear and relevant in this situation.
The official Vine club hands out 5s on a suspicious scale as well - and even though the reviewers are marked by the little Vine badge, it looks more like a verification check mark than an ad disclosure, likely boosting the signal instead of dampening it.