this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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hey there fellow posters

i've recently posted the "Not only is this not how anyone writes, I do not understand why anyone would want to read anything that sounds anything like this" post to my lemmy, reddit, or twitter, and let me tell you, it's been a total game-changer

i know this isn't particularly novel but it's just so depressing we have to read this dogshit everywhere now

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[–] TrickDacy 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ALL

? You can't mean that literally

[–] franklin 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Enough that reviews are no longer a useful metric

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They used to advertise being the only site where fake reviews weren't rampant. Now they have become the same.

[–] dustyData 2 points 1 month ago

And be mindful, they didn't gave up, they just ran the numbers and realized the fake reviews actually are better for their bottom line if not for the consumer. So they just stopped talking about it and let them take control.