Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews
by esyir on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:05PM
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I'll say that this is less an issue with amazon and more an issue with the overall culture. Anecdotally, I've noticed a move from score based metrics to binary like/dislike based metrics. Thus, reviews also take a binary 5 star: I loved it. or 1 star: I didn't approach.
Re:Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews
by gowld on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:53PM
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So? You not buying a product that you wouldn't have bought anyway if the reviews were honest, doesn't hurt the merchant.
What might hurt amazon ia if people who buy junk get mad and reduce overall Amazon shopping even for good products.
Maybe not in the short term, but in the long term it could. There are already things I haven't purchased because the review contents just didn't seem right, lots of 5 star and 1 star, practically no 3 or 4 star.
I can't be the only one, and the situation is only getting worse.