Amazon deleted 20,000 reviews by 7 of its top 10 UK contributors after an FT analysis found they appeared to profit from posting thousands of five-star ratings
before deleting his review history from Amazon's website” https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dave Lee / @daveleeft : Amazon publishes a ranking of its top reviewers. In the UK store, our analysis shows nine of the top 10 display patterns of suspicious activity, amid a crisis of misleading reviews. Amazon is investigating... https://www.ft.com/...
New: Amazon has deleted 20,000 reviews by seven of its top 10 UK contributors, following FT investigation into suspicious activity https://www.ft.com/...
“...who in August alone reviewed £15,000 worth of products [...] giving his five-star approval on average once every four hours.” https://twitter.com/...
Well this is shocking. Coordinated review manipulation to boost Chinese products on Amazon has been happening in online groups. In 2018 I spent a few months immersed in such groups, took the activity to @lizzadwoskin. WaPo reported on it & did a study https://www.washingtonpost.c…
Tech platforms should create a huge fund to support this generation of journalists when they retire as an acknowledgement of all the work they do to keep platforms honest and clean. https://twitter.com/...
Amazon's top UK reviewers appear to profit from fake 5-star posts https://www.ft.com/... Free goodies - five star reviews - “duplicates” sold boxed, unopened on eBay
Eye-opening investigation by @DaveLeeFT into fake reviews on Amazon. With all the company's algorithmic prowess, it's surprising it can't do more to root these guys out. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
“Mr Fryer then appears to have sold many of the goods on eBay, making nearly £20,000 since June. When contacted by the FT, Mr Fryer denied posting paid-for reviews — before deleting his review history from Amazon's website” https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Amazon publishes a ranking of its top reviewers. In the UK store, our analysis shows nine of the top 10 display patterns of suspicious activity, amid a crisis of misleading reviews. Amazon is investigating... https://www.ft.com/...