@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1606arrow-down1external-linkReddit is buyng 5 star reviews.imgur.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square119fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareXillylinkfedilinkEnglish51•1 year agoI feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish32•1 year 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•1 year 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.