bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.82Karrow-down133
arrow-up11.78Karrow-down1external-linkFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.combathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilink
minus-squarefahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 year agoThey’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat does “analyzing” mean?
minus-squareyiliu@informis.landlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoThey 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.
They’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review
What does “analyzing” mean?
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.