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Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews

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406 points doppio19 | 2 comments | 01 Jul 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.435s | source
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Dwedit ◴[02 Jul 25 00:02 UTC] No.44439072[source]▶
With removal of reviews that the seller doesn't like, there's really no point to taking Amazon's star ratings or reviews seriously. It's all a big lie.
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SamuelAdams ◴[02 Jul 25 00:07 UTC] No.44439099[source]▶
I’ve started resorting to the “x bought this month” metric instead. If a product works for thousands of people and they continue to buy 500+ units a month, clearly it is a good option.

If it does end up being a bad buy, Amazon typically has a 30 day return policy for most items. Use that and get something else.

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1. dylan604 ◴[02 Jul 25 00:45 UTC] No.44439279[source]▶
How do you know that 500 people didn't buy a scam product this month? I put as much faith in the X people bought this as I do the X people have this in their cart. It's all a way of trying to stoke FOMO
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2. SamuelAdams ◴[02 Jul 25 14:16 UTC] No.44444023[source]▶
You don’t. However, that risk is mitigated with a simple, easy to use return policy, where you actually get your cash back (not airline vouchers or points or made-up things to keep you in the ecosystem).