Episode #124 "The Magic Store" (12 July 2018) from Reply All, a podcast about the Internet
Listen 23:34 to 12:51 (~10 min.)
Questions:
- How did someone try to increase the demand for their organic wool dryer balls in Amazon's search results?
- What is another way in which review ratings might be inflated?
- What is Amazon's policy on paid reviews?
- What does GlueBoy suggest is a sure sign of a fake review?
- How many Amazon reviews are suspicious according to Amazon in contrast to Elizabeth Dwoskin (journalist)?
News Reporting:
Dwoskin, Elizabeth, and Craig Timberg. “How Merchants Use Facebook to Flood Amazon with Fake Reviews.” Washington Post. 23 April 2018.
Nguyen, Nicole. “Inside Amazon’s Fake Review Economy.” BuzzFeed News. 7 May 2018.