bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up12.03Karrow-down135
arrow-up12Karrow-down1external-linkFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.combathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square222fedilink
minus-squareyiliu@informis.landlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·1 year agoThey detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account… Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down21·1 year agoWhat does “techniques” mean?
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoWhat does “algorithms” mean?
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agostahp ppl gonna stop answering my real questions and I’ll be tech illiterate firebrand
They detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account…
Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.
What does “techniques” mean?
It’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced
Algorithms.
What does “algorithms” mean?
Heuristics.
stahp
ppl gonna stop answering my real questions and I’ll be tech illiterate firebrand