Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach

Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach by shagie on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:27AM (#27075601)

> These aren't to be confused with the indiscriminate idiots who can't be bothered to use their brains, who leave mindless reviews such as "This is junk but it was cheap and kinda works... 5 stars!" Right.

I wouldn't say that they were indiscriminate nor not bothered to use their brains. One of the all too often seen things is a card for "leave a 5 star review and get a $10 amazon gift card" in the package.

Yes, its part of an effort to get 5 star reviews since the sorting of the product on amazon is more important than the text in the reviews below the fold. Yes, that's unscrupulous on both the buyer's and the seller's part.

But it is not indiscriminate or brainless on the part of the reviewer. It's selfish.

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Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach by JKCalhoun on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:24AM (#27076217)

And yet! And yet, like Google, Amazon now prefixes my search results with "Amazon's Choice" or some other marketing crap.

Man, I remember when you could trust reviews, search for an item, filter anything below 4 stars and get a decent, reliable list of products to choose from. You felt like you had some of the best damn kitchen knives your budget could afford.

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Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach by geocrasher on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:30AM (#27075631)

True, but "Selfish indiscriminate idiots" just doesn't have the same ring to it ;-)

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