The growing problem of fake online reviews

A new study finds 1 in 3 reviews at sites such as Amazon may be fake or unreliable.

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[orion]

And of the reviews that are real, most can't be trusted only because of how stupid the average person is. Most people only post a review when they are not happy. Most happy customers feel no need to post a review.
This story spoke of "poor grammar" ... ha ! Most people these days have the writing skills of a 4th grader.

[Iamrightyouarewrong]

The mistake was thinking that reviews was a good idea, they're fake? Why, cuz you don't like them?

[terryglenweaver]

. *A Google user.* Every time I see that it comes with a good rating... Also, while researching a product but by different sellers, I run across the exact same rating from the exact same customer or a different named customer but a duplicate response in the rating with specific wording exact yet not ordinary explanations, meaning these ratings are being made by individuals who are being paid to give ratings though they never bought nor use the products.

[BD-menk]

The fake review model is this: flood the reviews with good reviews that say nothing specific to dilute the real reviews so customers have to spend more time trying to find the truth than it's worth. If you have to read 50 "it was excellent I would definitely do it again" type reviews just to get to a real review you will most likely be bored and move on to the original intent which is to buy or not to buy

[BD-menk]

Fake reviews are now a cost of doing business. If you personally do not write reviews you are the problem and all the proof you need that fake reviews exist. Reviews are usually people that complain when they have no other recourse for a bad service or product. Few people write reviews for something they pay for as the money transaction satisfied the acceptance of the product or service and then both parties move on with life.

[ZWeishaus]

What about all the fake positive reviews for Star Trek Discovery?

[He-is-Center]

That’s why I only trust youtubers product reviews

[masivatak]

lol. Captain Marvel is still gonna bomb.