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wyldfire ◴[] No.21973326[source]
> Not all of these fake reviews are one stars – some give five star or other highly rated ratings. The catch with these highly rated reviews is many of them are created to give the false appearance that they were written by Tomlinson to raise his own Goodreads ratings, spoofing his name and photo and sometimes even using his own copyrighted writings.

Wow, that's devious. I wonder if any of the fake product reviews I've seen are obvious fake endorsements placed there by the competition.

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degenerate ◴[] No.21973501[source]
This problem isn't one born with the internet. Think about all those "WE BUY HOUSES 4 CASH" signs you see at stop lights. Why can't the city simply look up the phone number on them and convict the business owner for breaking advertisement laws? Because there is no proof he put the sign there. It could be the competition trying to frame him! Thus, the signs are simply thrown out... and he can put new ones out tomorrow.
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baxtr ◴[] No.21974243[source]
This reminds me of a related point: Almost always when I find of the "We will buy your car" cards on my car's windshield I wonder what to do with the card. I don't want to litter the streets, at the same time I never asked for the stupid card. To this day, I am still not clear what is -from a morale standpoint- the right thing to do.
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bluesign ◴[] No.21974564[source]
Main point is to do something to increase the cost of this kind of advertisement or decrease the effectiveness.

Decreasing effectiveness is kinda hard, so for short term putting on a trash can I guess, for the long run littering the street can be better option (can maybe push city to increase fines etc for this kind of advertisement)

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1. andrewflnr ◴[] No.21976354[source]
It won't work. Not even a little bit. Just throw it away. Some things you can't fight on your own.