@bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square153arrow-up11.58Kcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.58Kexternal-linkFirefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in troublemashable.com@bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square153cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglish55•2 years agoThey’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review
minus-square@yiliu@informis.landlinkfedilinkEnglish69•2 years agoThey detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account… Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.
minus-square@Mongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish28•2 years agoIt’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced
minus-square@TimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 years agostahp ppl gonna stop answering my real questions and I’ll be tech illiterate firebrand
They’re just building Fakespot into the browser so the same way Fakespot does, by analyzing the user who posted the review
What does “analyzing” mean?
They detect when a whole bunch of reviews are posted at exactly the same time, or are posted on a fixed schedule, or use extremely similar language, or with a brand new account…
Basically they use spam-detection techniques on reviews.
What does “techniques” mean?
It’s that Lego that’s slightly more advanced
Algorithms.
What does “algorithms” mean?
stahp
ppl gonna stop answering my real questions and I’ll be tech illiterate firebrand
Heuristics.