• 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍
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    41 year ago

    But it’s not a problem for the platform, it’s a problem for the buyer, same with YouTube dislikes, it’s wise for their business model, I really doubt a fake review is bad for Amazon

    • @skip0110@lemm.ee
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      11 year ago

      It’s not so much the fake reviews, as the very honest and bluntly negative reviews. That gets in the way of Amazon making a cut off of sellers offloading useless crap onto their customers, and those are the reviews I think they will be purging.

    • lol3droflxp
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      01 year ago

      Really? I think it’s not helping an online store if it’s review system can’t be trusted.

      • @loki@lemmy.ml
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        11 year ago

        People still fall for obvious online scams, crypto bots and email phishing, and you think there aren’t enough people won’t fall for fake reviews? Amazon has great damage control, they’ll most likely offer mad users deals they can’t refuse to prevent them from writing a bad review. I’ve been offered same product or a close enough product for free when I complained to Amazon support.

        Amazon isn’t some startup that few bad news can take down anymore. They’ll say they investigated themselves, make a pr statement that they banned thousands of fake accounts and people will eat it up. It can keep expanding in new markets and keep the bad reviews rolling in while some mad customers scream into the void.