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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 1 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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ChoGGi ◴[23 May 25 12:56 UTC] No.44072446[source]▶
Hard to say if I cared a wit for pocket, but fakespot was useful.
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esafak ◴[23 May 25 13:21 UTC] No.44072649[source]▶
I had no confidence in fakespot's ratings.
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1. slipnslider ◴[23 May 25 15:16 UTC] No.44073637[source]▶
I was always suspicious of Fakespot's ratings and had very little ways to properly A/B test. I would see products on Amazon - both with 4.5 stars - but one would have a Fakespot score of 1 star and the other would be 4 stars.

After that Honey expose I started to wonder if Fakespot was simply trying to steal the last click referrer and using its "we filter fake reviews" as a cover/lure to get people to use it.