@Cheebus@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1595arrow-down1external-linkReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.com@Cheebus@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareXillylinkfedilinkEnglish56•2 years agoI feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.
minus-square@vanillacadmium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish34•2 years 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-squareXillylinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years 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.