Gosh, I always assumed they were factual. Now I'm wondering the factualness of the old "15 people have this in their shopping cart" and "This is a popular item - limited stock left".
I always assume they're lies. In fact, I default to assuming every marketing tactic purely presents lies and the goal is to get my money by any means possible.
Entirely factual. It's "Someone from <city> bought <product> <period of time since purchase> ago!" with a picture of the product. All purchases are real.
Always randomly generated!
I salute your honesty! But [he hastens to add, looking furtively around] I also frown disapprovingly at your choices
You’re saluting the honesty of someone who is not the original person who’s lived experience you were asking for lol