Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by TulliusCicero on Friday May 07, 2021 @04:37PM
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> This makes me wonder why Amazon, in all their analytical genius, isn't cracking down on this when it's so blatantly obvious.
It's probably one of those situations where it's obvious, but not provably so.
It's like when you pass a huge pile of random bike parts in a pile next to a homeless encampment: it's 100% a bike chop shop, duh, anyone can see that...but you can't prove that it's a chop shop just based off of what you saw, so police can't take action without substantial further investigation.
It's easy enough for us as to consumers to spot fake reviews, but can you prove that they're fake just because they're repetitive or awkwardly written or whatnot?
It's probably one of those situations where it's obvious, but not provably so.
It's like when you pass a huge pile of random bike parts in a pile next to a homeless encampment: it's 100% a bike chop shop, duh, anyone can see that...but you can't prove that it's a chop shop just based off of what you saw, so police can't take action without substantial further investigation.
It's easy enough for us as to consumers to spot fake reviews, but can you prove that they're fake just because they're repetitive or awkwardly written or whatnot?