• random65837@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Amazon's not "in trouble" because they're not fake reviews. They're real reviews left by purchasers, which get bribed to leave them in most cases.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah basically if you want free stuff, then you're incentivized to leave good reviews so that they are more likely to send you free stuff. Plus, there's a cognitive bias where you didn't pay for it so even if you would have been critical you're more likely to say something positive.

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        1 year ago

        Stay in context, genius, you know exactly what I mean. Not bot or algorithm can do anything about a review, left by a real customer, with a real acct and purchase history, so yes, it's "real". Not being truthful is another thing.