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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #10700 on: December 03, 2019, 01:22:17 AM »

You place way too much faith in the fakers

IME, many faker reviewers, while not exactly professional, they do sound like they were paid to write it as if a profession.
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« Reply #10701 on: December 03, 2019, 03:22:50 AM »
That's why the way to look at reviews is from the bottom up. First look at 1 star reviews and work your way up from there. If the 1 and 2 star reviews are more about the seller than the product, they might be irrelevant if the seller if it's a different seller (or relevant, depending on reviews for other products by the seller in question). Then there are nonsense complaints. Also if the 5 star reviews seem too professionally written, they should be ignored.

I find that sorting by most recent reviews sometimes gives it away. Scores of five star reviews in a short time frame with the most recent reviewers tilted way more negative and sounding more authentic is a dead giveaway.

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« Reply #10702 on: December 03, 2019, 10:43:53 AM »
Utter nonsense, I can attest to the fact that most reviews are fake. I know someone who has been receiving "mysterious" packages from Amazon for a few years now, stuff that she never ordered and most of the time pure junk and sure enough a glowing "review" by the "verified purchase" shows up.... Pathetic!

And I have anecdotal evidence for many listings fakespot graded as D which had entirely legitimate reviews.

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« Reply #10703 on: December 03, 2019, 10:47:05 AM »
And I have anecdotal evidence for many listings fakespot graded as D which had entirely legitimate reviews.

Faksespot is not great but the point still stands, a huge % of reviews on Amazon are fake. And many with small % of fake reviews, might put 10% fake reviews to boost from 4 stars to 4.5. I see it all the time.
The smaller the brand, the more we see it.
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« Reply #10704 on: December 03, 2019, 11:07:30 AM »
Faksespot is not great but the point still stands, a huge % of reviews on Amazon are fake. And many with small % of fake reviews, might put 10% fake reviews to boost from 4 stars to 4.5. I see it all the time.
The smaller the brand, the more we see it.

Of course, I'm just saying anecdotal evidence goes both ways, and no one can put a number on it. Even Amazon with their "proprietary algorithms" removes legit reviews but still allows many fakes to go through

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« Reply #10709 on: December 08, 2019, 07:30:35 PM »
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« Reply #10710 on: December 08, 2019, 07:48:32 PM »
Utter nonsense, I can attest to the fact that most reviews are fake. I know someone who has been receiving "mysterious" packages from Amazon for a few years now, stuff that she never ordered and most of the time pure junk and sure enough a glowing "review" by the "verified purchase" shows up.... Pathetic!
Just received three packages I never ordered.
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« Reply #10711 on: December 09, 2019, 07:16:56 AM »
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1bQ0049pr

Wow, good for Norway.

Incidentally, the reason for their decision is also the reason why anyone who thinks peace can be achieved in this generation through a diplomatic peace process is delusional.

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« Reply #10712 on: December 09, 2019, 10:10:30 AM »
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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« Reply #10714 on: December 11, 2019, 01:17:35 PM »
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/the-myth-of-free-shipping/603031/

Great line.

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« Reply #10715 on: December 11, 2019, 01:33:54 PM »
Great line.
Tsk tsk, it's out of context

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« Reply #10716 on: December 11, 2019, 02:21:58 PM »
Tsk tsk, it's out of context

That line is great even out of context.
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