Amazon is suing the administrators of thousands of Facebook groups it says coordinated fake reviews. As nicnguyen explains, it’s an effort to reduce review manipulation. WSJWhatsNow
Sort by most recent reviews, check if older reviews were for completely different products and search for red flags such as ‘gift’ or ‘free’Amazon is suing the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it says
on the shopping giant’s platform. While Amazon didn’t name the admins, the company did identify one group, called “Amazon Product Review,” which it said had more than 43,000 members.nation’s largest online retailer , is the likeliest place you’ll find it. The majority of its products come from its Marketplace program, where millions of third-party sellers compete to peddle everything from USB cables to lawn furniture. Fake reviews can help sellers get an edge and make more money, hence those cheap “five-star” no-name products that you buy then wish you hadn’t.
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