• Amazon sues 1,114 'fake reviewers'
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Good. False reviewers are not good for customers or a company.
I support the act itself, but I can't help but sympathize with the defendants. It's 5$ a review. That's less than any minimum wage in the US. People who do it are probably going through hard enough times as is and looking to carry themselves through it. I feel like a cease and desist style approach to Fiverr allowing such services would be better here. How in the heck are they going to get all 1.1k folk tracked down and what exactly do they want from them? I doubt many, if any, are in any position close to being able to afford the affair. It seems like it's more a statement than an actual gameplan.
[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;48937898]I support the act itself, but I can't help but sympathize with the defendants. It's 5$ a review. That's less than any minimum wage in the US. People who do it are probably going through hard enough times as is and looking to carry themselves through it. I feel like a cease and desist style approach to Fiverr allowing such services would be better here. How in the heck are they going to get all 1.1k folk tracked down and what exactly do they want from them? I doubt many, if any, are in any position close to being able to afford the affair. It seems like it's more a statement than an actual gameplan.[/QUOTE] Even scare tactics are super effective for stuff like this, whether they are actually carried on or not. Those 1114 will probably be let to go with this as a warning, and future fake reviewers won't even think of trying it.
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