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Those 10,000 5-star reviews are fake. Now they’ll also be illegal | The FTC has proposed new rules that clarify what is and isn’t a deceptive online review — and would give it the power to fine $50... (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

All good points, the only thing I can offer is that there’s such a massive variety of products on sites like Amazon it would be almost impossible to offer reviews of all such products. Again - that pushes the dynamic in favor or manufacturers kissing up to reviewers with the best products or freebies to get their product reviewed and create exposure.