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Here is an example of the UI for members of the experiment
https://x.com/stillmisanthro1/status/2092441592242028986
Were you signed in when you got the message? All of the sorting / filtering / search options are showing up fine for me (as a signed in user).
Is this you on X or did you link to a random post ?
It looks like Amazon is starting to hide some reviews to protect against data scraping bots, and in some cases it is affecting real (non-bot) customers. Were you signed in when you got the message? All of the sorting / filtering / search options are showing up fine for me (as a signed in user).
Clearly a customer focused decision.
Amazon has also changed their email receipts to be worthless. Previously, you would get the product name and price paid, giving you a minimal record sufficient for tracking. Now you get an email that says N items, broadly categorized (housewares, pets, clothing) and no pricing information. Clearly a customer focused decision.
Hard to know how to feel about this. Bots and such have really ruined the value of customer reviews. The best that can be said is they don't work as intended. The question is whether Amazon can actually fix this problem rather than continuing band-aid over it.
It looks like Amazon is starting to hide some reviews to protect against data scraping bots, and in some cases it is affecting real (non-bot) customers. Were you signed in when you got the message? All of the sorting / filtering / search options are showing up fine for me (as a signed in user).
When I clicked “see more reviews” while signed out it prompted me to sign in
Amazon has also changed their email receipts to be worthless. Previously, you would get the product name and price paid, giving you a minimal record sufficient for tracking. Now you get an email that says N items, broadly categorized (housewares, pets, clothing) and no pricing information. Clearly a customer focused decision.