"I received this product for free/at discount in return for my honest and unbiased review" at @Amazon—>Immediate decision by me not to buy.
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I know there is a lot of hidden shilling going on, but you'd think a company would fight it, not let it openly ruin any value reviews had.
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problem is if we immediately reject disclosed interests we're just going to get undisclosed ones
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Found a product in the category without "unbiased reviews in exchange for product", bought, marked all the other "reviews" as "unhelpful".
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Amazon should do a "remove all" for all reviews that are "disclosed" as shilling, and fight this. It's so dominant—why weaken its advantage?
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There are many open sites where companies openly give away product in return for "review". Amazon can punish those products & discourage it.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kevin van Haaren
Oh, gee. So it's a business decision to ruin one of Amazon's most useful features, critical reviews?https://twitter.com/kvanh/status/773585027984560128 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Asher Langton
Ah. So Vine is at least an attempt to do quality control. All those shady "unbiased reviews" should go.https://twitter.com/AsherLangton/status/773588359188914176 …
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