ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agoUp to tenth of Amazon shoppers in Great Britain ‘bribed’ by sellers to offer good reviewwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkUp to tenth of Amazon shoppers in Great Britain ‘bribed’ by sellers to offer good reviewwww.theguardian.comᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
minus-squaretony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoI got offered a more expensive product for free if I’d change my review. So I changed it to 1 star instead. Judging by the glowing reviews a lot of people took the offer.
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAnd Amazon tends to remove reviews that mention being bribed.
I got offered a more expensive product for free if I’d change my review. So I changed it to 1 star instead. Judging by the glowing reviews a lot of people took the offer.
And Amazon tends to remove reviews that mention being bribed.