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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m skeptical… how are the fake reviews identified and how do you avoid flagging real ones?

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] tdawg 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.