Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by emayljames » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 8:58 AM UTC

It only makes it worse for them, as everybody still rates them badly and just highlights both their crookedness.

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by guerrilla » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:00 AM UTC

progre wrote: post #3

Well the app was brigaded, They usually do that in such instances.

Was it brigaded or were users just justifiably upset by them removing capabilities without warning?

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by visarga » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:01 AM UTC

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #5

pgsandstrom wrote: post #2

It doesn't seem unlikely that they have som anti-brigading software that automatically or semi-automatically deletes certain reviews. Such as when huge amounts of people in a short time instalsl an app just to immediately leave a bad review, and then uninstall.

> Such as when huge amounts of people in a short time instalsl an app just to immediately leave a bad review, and then uninstall. What would normal behaviour look like in a hyped-up app that ended up disappointing?

good point

even after restoring the previous ratings who would trust the score

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by encom » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:04 AM UTC

At this point, does anyone take user submitted reviews seriously any more? I mean for anything.

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by fumblebee » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:06 AM UTC

I feel naive; what's the incentive for Google to do this?

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by villgax » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:08 AM UTC

All of those reviews are valid since the app fails to perform its core functionality

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by detaro » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:09 AM UTC

dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25953538

Re: Google Deleted over 100k Negative Robinhood Reviews

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Post by rob_sully » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:12 AM UTC

I'm not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

I appreciate they were following their guidelines and wouldn't like anyone to troll an app like this but I don't think google should have removed bad reviews. Unless court ordered maybe, based on FCC findings of market manipulation or something like that. Robinhood sells their client's data to financial institutions. These institutions then can use that to skim off Robinhood's clients. The GameStop fiasco puts all that at risk so they pull the plug. Like a casino kicking you out because you’re winning too much at poker and taking money from their high rollers, who pay a premium to peek at your cards.

https://blockworks.co/robinhood-sells-your-data-but-does-tha...