FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October - eviltoast
    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Maybe we can start with sellers that swap items and keep their reviews so they show up first in listings.

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      4 months ago

      There are multiple ways you could ago about proving it. You could look at the timing of reviews. (Do they suddenly get an influx and then it drops?) You could look at the IP address of reviews to find correlations. You could look at the content of reviews. (Do they share similar characteristics that don’t match legit reviews?)

      These, and other things, can be used to start the process. Then you enter into discovery and get their emails and account information. This is likely to get you absolute proof if there wasn’t enough already.