2006
Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)
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[–] 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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  • [+] -12 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    What does “techniques” mean?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Algorithms.

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