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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 64 points 3 years ago (8 children)

They’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review

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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (7 children)

What does "analyzing" mean?

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[–] yiliu@informis.land 80 points 3 years ago (6 children)

They detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account...

Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.

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