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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by bombcar on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:16PM (#33476080)
Many items from Amazon come with a “gift card for reviewing” note and they follow through (I tried it once because the item worked and was something I’d have left a review for anyway). Sometimes the gift card is worth more than the item.

Was my review a real one?

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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by JamesianP on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:00PM (#33476491)
You know the practice of giving incentives for reviews was banned years ago by Amazon?

You can argue it was real but can still be used to skew the results. People are more likely to give good reviews plus review sooner before it breaks or they discover something wrong with it.

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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by bombcar on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:16PM (#33476618)
Fair enough. Though the item is still operational in its desired capacity and I’m still satisfied with it.

(I didn’t bother reviewing the subsequent one I purchased)

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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by chillwaves on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:58PM (#33476948)
It definitely still happens because I received a follow up in the mail after a purchase on amazon, more than once, in just the past few weeks offering a gift card for a good review.

I would argue that paying for reviews is inherently dishonest. So is giving away items for free for reviews.

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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by sokoloff on Saturday November 05, 2022 @07:37AM (#33480501)
You know this practice is still going on, right?
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Re:Up to 30% of online reviews are fake and consumers can't ... by JamesianP on Saturday November 05, 2022 @01:54PM (#33483846)
Yes I do. I wasn't claiming the poster had somehow dreamed their experience or something, but rather that it was a overt violation of rules.

Completely fake reviews have always been banned on Amazon and this is an article about how rampant they are.

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