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bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

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bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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It should arrive next month.
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    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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      What does “techniques” mean?

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        It’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced

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        Algorithms.

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          What does “algorithms” mean?

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            stahp

            ppl gonna stop answering my real questions and I’ll be tech illiterate firebrand

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            Heuristics.

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