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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by gallamine on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @01:31PM (#26318622)
A fun anecdote from my wife: 6 years ago she reviewed a nursing bra on Amazon. Gave it five stars. Fast forward to now and she when pulls up her review history that same review (with the exact text!) now appears on a consumer electronics device.
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Re:Almost 40% of U.S. Consumers Trust Online Reviews Less Th... by milesvp on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @02:45PM (#26319589)
Yup, it's a very common way to get a product with high sales and ratings. You put up a low cost, high volume, high quality item. Sell it cheap, then after you have enough 5 star reviews, swap all the pictures and text with a new higher margin (maybe lower quality item), completely unrelated item.
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