Cheebus@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.comCheebus@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square123fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareXilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·1 year agoI feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.
minus-squarevanillacadmium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoYou’re right. One specifically mentions ‘would rate this 0 if I could’ so in lieu of that option, they selected a…5? Have they gone through and scraped the text from a bunch of real reviews and are reposting them with 5 star ratings to make them look organic?
minus-squareXilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThat honestly sounds to be the likely scenario. If someone saw the review they might shrug it off as an error or mistake.
I feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.
You’re right. One specifically mentions ‘would rate this 0 if I could’ so in lieu of that option, they selected a…5?
Have they gone through and scraped the text from a bunch of real reviews and are reposting them with 5 star ratings to make them look organic?
That honestly sounds to be the likely scenario. If someone saw the review they might shrug it off as an error or mistake.