...are from people who believe they are Way Smarter Than Everyone and instead of being short, on topic and to the point try to be "creative" with all sorts of irrelevant bullshit.
If someone is looking at a product and you've bought it, the best way to show you're smart is not to be "creative", but be informative.
My favs, and I never understand these, are when you're looking at Product X, and the reviews are for Product Y. Sometimes it's subtle, like you're looking at a BlergTech 1390 router and you're also seeing reviews for BlergTech's 1350, which are irrelevant to what you're looking at reviews for! Drives me nuts, which admittedly is a short road.
Which reminds me, I need to review the avocado multitool that my wife wanted for Xmas which did not perform satisfactorily.
My favs, and I never understand these, are when you're looking at Product X, and the reviews are for Product Y.
I've seen this, and know what is going on. What happens is that Product Y used to be sold under a certain product code. It had good reviews, but is no longer sold. Another company(usually Chinese), sees the good reviews and inactivity, and releases product X using that product code, rewriting the page to be about product X, but still has the star rating for product Y.
It's a form of getting fraudulent good reviews.
"Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit."
-- David McCord
My slashdot Amazon review (Score:0, Offtopic)
lol, I couldn't write that without giggling
The worst reviews I ever see... (Score:3)
If someone is looking at a product and you've bought it, the best way to show you're smart is not to be "creative", but be informative.
It is as simple as that.
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Which reminds me, I need to review the avocado multitool that my wife wanted for Xmas which did not perform satisfactorily.
It's a form of review fraud (Score:1)
My favs, and I never understand these, are when you're looking at Product X, and the reviews are for Product Y.
I've seen this, and know what is going on. What happens is that Product Y used to be sold under a certain product code. It had good reviews, but is no longer sold. Another company(usually Chinese), sees the good reviews and inactivity, and releases product X using that product code, rewriting the page to be about product X, but still has the star rating for product Y.
It's a form of getting fraudulent good reviews.