• jeremyparker
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    1 year ago

    Agreed. And it’s not limited to the (excellent) points you made.

    Amazon’s domination of the market is not merely the platform; they have 10+ years of user submitted content which, originally, made them a source for product information and research. For many of us, that power has faded, as we are aware that a large percentage of reviews are fake. But for many, many more, they aren’t aware of this.

    Personally, I know “a lot” of reviews are fake - a vague number between “a bunch” but not “all” - I only know this information in general; I don’t know which specific reviews are fake. Knowing that will definitely change my shopping habits - and probably not for their benefit.

    For the Moms and Grandpas, this information will be new - and incredibly damaging to Amazons reputation.

    (Unfortunately I’m pretty sure they use Internet Explorer/Chrome so maybe it won’t help.)