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minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’m very interested how this will affect Amazon, and how they will be able to enforce it
minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAMZ: Who, us? All our reviews are REAL! Target and Walmart: Yeah, what they said!
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoLowe’s is horrible about this too. Most of the big box stores are but Lowe’s seems to be the most egregious about it
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMaybe they shouldn’t have 6,000 versions of the same thing under different fake brands sold by fake companies. Clean that up and the rest becomes a hell of a lot easier.
minus-squaretyrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNot to mention the sellers that swap the product but keep the reviews
minus-squarebustAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI updated my Firefox browser. Now, when viewing a product on Amazon, Firefox rates the reviews A-F based on whether or not they are reliable.
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIs that part of the browser itself or some extension?
minus-squarebustAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOn the last update, I browsed Amazon for some product, and Amazon had a pop up, kind of, that asked if I would like them to weed out fake reviews. Of course I opted in. Had it save me a couple times now. Sorry for the late reply.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s been a thing for at least a year.
I’m very interested how this will affect Amazon, and how they will be able to enforce it
AMZ: Who, us? All our reviews are REAL!
Target and Walmart: Yeah, what they said!
Lowe’s is horrible about this too. Most of the big box stores are but Lowe’s seems to be the most egregious about it
Maybe they shouldn’t have 6,000 versions of the same thing under different fake brands sold by fake companies.
Clean that up and the rest becomes a hell of a lot easier.
Not to mention the sellers that swap the product but keep the reviews
I updated my Firefox browser. Now, when viewing a product on Amazon, Firefox rates the reviews A-F based on whether or not they are reliable.
Is that part of the browser itself or some extension?
On the last update, I browsed Amazon for some product, and Amazon had a pop up, kind of, that asked if I would like them to weed out fake reviews. Of course I opted in. Had it save me a couple times now.
Sorry for the late reply.
That’s been a thing for at least a year.