This is so depressing. Fakespot is an amazing app, I never buy anything off of Amazon without using it. Actions like this caused me to trust Amazon significantly less.
This is not to say that Amazon reviews are generally good, just saying that Fakespot might have an incentive to... tune their reviews of reviews :) so where's the Fakespot of Fakespot?
So basically any time you need something where the concept of fakes doesn't matter or is removed entirely.
Otherwise Amazon is a hulking pile of scams and garbage
They most likely are trying to get users first, and then look money printing opportunities later.
ReviewMeta, on the other hand, is clearly donation based, and also seems more honest at the moment (e.g., not claiming to be some sort of “trusted advisor”, showing a big warning that it’s adjusted score is only an estimation).
[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fakespot-fake...
Now, I shop on Amazon, using most helpful critical reviews only, and buy either local, or direct from manufacturers.
Most times shipping is comparable to Amazon’s “not really two day two day shipping”
Also, Streisand effect in play here for sure. Now I know about FakeSpot. Thanks!
They are either highly incompetent or unethical. Or both.
It was recommeded along with fakespot by some users for identifying fake amazon reviews when it was asked on my problem validation platform[1].
Amazon says,
> According to Amazon, the company already has the necessary tools to identify and stop fake reviews, suggesting that third-party services that claim to do this “are mostly wrong.”
If that was the case, People wouldn't be actively looking for solutions.
[1] https://needgap.com/problems/42-identifying-fake-reviews-in-...
Not Apple also?
Should never been in the app store to begin with!