Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

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Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble
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I’m skeptical… how are the fake reviews identified and how do you avoid flagging real ones?

They’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review

What does "analyzing" mean?

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

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