The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews. There was a button to click to "request all reviews" or something like that.
Now several days later I get "Your request is not approved at this time, and you will see a limited selection of customer reviews."
This seems bonkers to me... like.... nearly fraud?
When @cstross and @lcamtuf first mentioned that, I went and looked at that and several others.
The listing for the one found by @draNgNon was (and still is for me, as I checked it again just now) exactly as @xssfox described. Only a few reviews that clue people in that this is money for old rope, and a hyperlink to beg permission to see anything more than a handful of reviews out of a couple of hundred.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116788436560592117
There have been reports for years of the #Amazon reviews system being gamed, with things like tricks to get things listed as verified purchases.
xssfox (crossy)
Scott Cain
Rowyn
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