Reddit is buying 5 star reviews.
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  • python@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 year ago

    They’re also definitely doing some sort of keyword manipulation, cause the official Reddit App is fairly high in the result list when searching for Lemmy.

    On another note: hi, I just came here today after RIF stopped working 👋

    • yaaaaayPancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      They’re also definitely doing some sort of keyword manipulation, cause the official Reddit App is fairly high in the result list when searching for Lemmy.

      In the organic results or the paid results? It’s pretty common for competitors to buy your name in search term sales.

  • KazroFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    We should report them as fake. Not sure how many reports it takes to get someone to look at it but it might be worth a shot.

  • Xilly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    1 year ago

    I feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.

    • vanillacadmium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You’re right. One specifically mentions ‘would rate this 0 if I could’ so in lieu of that option, they selected a…5?

      Have they gone through and scraped the text from a bunch of real reviews and are reposting them with 5 star ratings to make them look organic?

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Isn’t buying reviews/fake users something a struggling new startup does, not something that has been around for > 10 years. This is kinda sad (if indeed these are bought reviews).

    Is this screenshot from Apple or Google stores (I don’t know what either look like to be honest). I wonder if the same thing is happening on the other store now too.

    • JasonDJ@vlemmy.netEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Older than that, my account is 16 years old…I came from the Digg exodus and it existed for a short while before that.

  • Qantifanon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    Reddit is completely astroturfed now. Nothing but bots and humans that act like bots.

    • lycanrising@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      what i fear is that reddit will take completely unnecessary but effective potshots at the fediverse and take down instances or fill them with bots just to punish those who made a point of leaving.

      • krackalot@vlemmy.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I expect it from reddit, Twitter and Facebook. This is a competitive service, and it’s not backed by a rich person that can swing money around to discover their behavior and sue them. They’ll likely be doing some shady stuff to make sure this either doesn’t work, or is under their control.

  • XiELEd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Lmao I saw a 5 star review that said the official app was “better than any 3rd party app”, that it had “non-intrusive ads”, and asking for an ads toggle for premium users to be able to support reddit. I can’t even tell if it’s some sort of elaborate sarcasm. Wild.

  • Determinator@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Can’t say I’m even remotely surprised. It’s unfortunate that even user reviews have become all but useless on most platforms due to corpo bullshit like this.

    • esadatari@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      good things corporations are people too so their votes they paid for count right?

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really understand what this has to do with lobbying, but sure.

  • cyd@vlemmy.netEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    After seeing this, I thought I’d go over to the Play Store to leave a 1 star review. Then discovered I had already left a 1 star review (complaining about their shitty interface) a few months ago, which I’d totally forgotten about ;-)

  • Paws@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Currently 2.4/5.0 on the Play Store. Wasn’t that long ago when it was around 4.0. Their rating has taken a beating over the last few weeks.

    • marsokod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Before the API pricing change, the Reddit app could be considered an internal hobby project made by a handful of employees on their spare time.

      Now that this one is mandatory, it can be rated for what it is.