Fake reviews banned under new law aimed at protecting online shoppers
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-review-ban-clear-pricing-new-law-b2728063.html
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Fake reviews banned under new law aimed at protecting online shoppers
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-review-ban-clear-pricing-new-law-b2728063.html
Posted by Forward-Answer-4407
19 Comments
Guess it’ll get even harder to leave negative reviews
I look forward to the fake review part being completely unenforceable.
Lol, whenever I leave an Amazon review about a counterfeit product they sell, it always seems to not be acceptable to publish.
At most, this might stop Amazon sellers that include the notes that offer refunds for leaving a 5 star review.
I doubt this will be otherwise enforceable in any practical sense.
Not sure how this would work. I generally just ignore the 1 and 5 star reviews, and read what people write under the others.
Amazon: “Oh well, moving on want these headphones by XTRYBL? They’ve got loads of five star reviews from helpful community members who only review this brand’s products.”
Hope this mean that companies like trustedreviews and trip advisor get shut down. Idk if it’s the same thing but they delete bad reviews for their premium subscribers and lower SEO for companies that refuse to buy their marketing
stopped buying from ebay due to fake reviews
vastly reduced buying from amazon due to fake reviews
never employed builders from trade sites due to fake reviews
lessons learnt, blue club lure of lucre = corruption, greed and downright dishonesty
That’s something like 90% of amazon reviews gone then, right?
Are retailers allowed to remove reviews fake or otherwise from 3rd party review sites like trust pilot? If so, how do you stop them removing negative but genuine posts? I’m sensing another badly thought out Internet policy….
I see eBay are now going to automatically leave +ve reviews if you don’t leave one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/leaving-feedback-sellers/leaving-feedback-sellers?id=4007
But I love fake reviews so much, I’ve already ordered another one for a friend.
I just wrote a fake review on Amazon, nothing is happening
Will people be arrested for posting reviews that are deemed “fake” now? I mean they will arrest you for posting naughty words online. Let it not be said that the online community is well policed but real crime is hard so they don’t want to do that.
How they going to enforce it, have the receipt police come around and vet you purchase.
Can they do the same for all the fake movie and game reviews?.
So tired of seeing an imdb score of 7+ only to see its boosted by hundreds of 10/10 scores from new accounts.
Fake Reviewers:
>”Wait, this wasn’t already banned? Oh well…”
We’re looking at you Emma Mattress, slumblr pillows and mushroom gummies.
I have had businesses ask me remove genuine negative reviews. My response is to say I will edit my remove to make it worse.
I have had genuine negative reviews buried under fake positive reviews.
The easiest way to see they are fake is that the person only has that review. Genuine reviewers like me leave loads and will challenge businesses if they use another email address.