• Liz@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Is that second one not what you would do if you were trying to generate reviews that would pass automated checks? The hard part is deciding if the fake reviews were requested/bought/generated by Reddit or if they’re an independent bot network trying to establish legitimacy or mask directed action.

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      1 year ago

      Or just when there is a movement a protests there is always a bunch of people against the protest.
      Bunch of redditors are pissed off that we ruin their addiction.
      In the account I checked, somes had a selfie of themselves that werent indexed on google yet. To me it point out it’s more likely a genuine account

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        1 year ago

        The real people I’m not commenting on, I’m commenting on the bots. The question is why they’re reviewing the Reddit app, and that’s basically unknowable without an investigation well beyond my skill level and pay grade. They could be a bot network trying to build credibility or a bot network cashing out and leaving paid reviews.

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          1 year ago

          You seems to miss my point from the very beginning: I’m saying it’s maybe not bots. Don’t fall into confirmation bias.

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            1 year ago

            You’re the one who said some of the reviews were copies of legitimate reviews! What else would that be besides bots? I’m not making any definite conclusions about why those bots are there, in fact I was trying to be explicit about the fact that we can’t assume intent, but the bots are there.

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              1 year ago

              I did not said that. I said it was legit reviews OR bot impersonating users, and there is no easy way to tell.

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                AH, I misunderstood what this meant, then:

                The last time it was posted I investigated the reviews on Google play, and every rating was made by a real person, or a bot impersonating the real person. There is no way to tell appart except by contacting the person.

                I read this to mean that you were finding duplicate reviews where one set seemed to be bots impersonating the other set. But, your comment clarifies what you meant. My bad.