• InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    This seems…unenforceable. they’ll catch the low hanging fruit and it gives marketplaces incentive to pretend like they care, but the burden of proof to show someone is using fake reviews or view/likebots is kind of high.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      4 months ago

      Kinda. This is lip-service. Impossible to enforce and yet the gains of fake reviews are so high.

      You know it’s true because Samantha J of Chicago, Il says that my comments are “100% truthful and A++++”. And Barry E of Austin, TX says that I am “Easily a golden god and should be respected.” Also Jessica J of Pittsburgh, PA says that I’m “A fantastic lover and totally doesn’t have a weird shaped penis that looks like a upside down Florida.”.

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      4 months ago

      Seems like with a lack of effective enforcement it could make things worse in some ways, since it would give a competitive advantage to the marketers corrupt enough to willingly break the law and try to get away with it. Also if there’s a situation where this kind of fraud is basically required to be competitive, it could allow authorities to selectively go after people for illegitimate reasons with this as a pretext.