'Fake' Amazon workers defend company on Twitter

Some bots producing fake reviews on Amazon are just too funny to write off.

My favorite (https://www.amazon.com/Evaluation-Astroskin-Behavioral-Self-...):

"Wow!!!!! this product exceeded all my expectations. When I travel through space, I have always wished there was a way to measure my vital signs without bulky hardware and uncomfortable wires! Arun's project report taught me everything I needed to know about the benefits and limitations of astroskin! Now I can purchase this system for myself and my crew with confidence that I did not have before. I highly recommend this report to anyone wanting to measure their blood pressure in space or other extremely harsh environments."

The product is being sold for $169.43 on Amazon, and is actually a PDF available for free via NASA.gov. See: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150021842/downloads/20...

As for the peeing in bottles thing, Amazon is not that smart. There are people that look completely normal, that experience life-threatening autonomic dysreflexia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_dysreflexia) from having to hold their bladder, even if it is just for seconds, like me. Perhaps I should try working in a US Amazon warehouse. It would be perfect lawsuit material and the ultimate power play against their inhumane policies around toileting breaks.

Dupe of this post, which is currently #1 on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26636021

Can an admin merge them?

interesting. 2 identical titles on the front page? I thought the algorithms picked up on these things.

I mean its not okay to be exploitative but its totally unacceptable to be exploitative and this stupid.

In the world of commercial black ops, I can no longer trust that Amazon is actually doing this, what if someone is making it look like Amazon is terrible at this. I mean even I know who Dude Perfect are ...

Please stop now and just write letters to the NYT. It's easier to follow.