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Play Store Astroterfing (self.google)
submitted 1 year ago by Nurse_Robot to c/google
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Has anyone else noticed that the Google Play store reviews are suspicious?

Like, you find a scam company or app, and every review you scroll through is 1 star. And yet the reviews claim 95%+ are positive.

Is there a way to prove it? I've noticed it for 3 years now, I no longer think it's a coincidence. Something scummy or scammy is going on

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[โ€“] CriticalMiss 10 points 1 year ago

It's been an issue for far more than 3 years. Google sucks at moderation across all their platforms.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

All I've noticed is that all the games and apps are crap. There used to be new stuff that interested me. Now it looks like a gallery of garbage that parents use to occupy their children because they can't be bothered to parent.