Real Fake news Spotted

[Ombligo]

Fakespot, an app that analyzes Amazon reviews to determine which ones are fake, is no longer available for iOS. Amazon has successfully convinced Apple to remove it from the App Store after the company raised concerns that the application provides misleading information and creates potential security vulnerabilities.

[Acer]

Didn't tell me anything I could not see myself, as a native English speaker at least. I read the reviews, I just don't go on the number of stars.

Fake reviews only matter for things with low review counts. Even if there are some fake ones in the mix, enough real reviews drown them out pretty quick. People are very eager to share their complaints.

[hal]

When I first heard about amazon fraud review sites I went on a deep dive on one and read all of their criteria and was appalled. I concluded that it was absolute BS. I've never looked at another so I don't know if this one here was good or not, but I simply do not trust any of them.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I don't trust Amazon reviews. The sites that rate reviews can quickly find multiple paid/shill reviews and also identify when Amazon has removed a significant number of reviews. I always stay away from an item when the reviews show one star reviews but they have all been removed.

[richorlin]

When I read Amazon reviews, I find that the three-star reviews seem to give me a better understanding of the products. They generally list the good and bad points as opposed to the 5-star and 1-star reviews.

[RAMd®d]

When I read Amazon reviews, I find that the three-star reviews seem to give me a better understanding of the products. They generally list the good and bad points as opposed to the 5-star and 1-star reviews.


I agree, except I extend that to a great many four-star reviews as well.

Five-star views are ignored because so many are useless, especially when paragraphs are written about a dinner plate or sieve.

They either have the gush of a compensated 'reviews' or contain two or three words of no use whatsoever.

So the 'it's great' or 'I was born a poor Black child, and this item...' reviews get ignored.

The same with one-star reviews, as the 'it sucks' and the treatise or manifesto on why the item is the scourge of the free world really aren't helpful, especially because a review uses 'item'.

Every now and then I find exceptions to my practice, but it doesn't seem common.

The rest are considered, unless they too are too glowing for no apparent reason, or devolve in to dumb rants.

I've never used Fakespot.