well one review on the blog is stupid.
if an item did arrive broken, it might not only be amazon's fault, so I dislike reviews that actually review the shipment process.
besides that, yeah it sucks if this is really happening.
Amazon Dark Patterns
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Sometimes the reviews also don't match the rating. I see this happen all the time, not only on Amazon: "Great service, great product. No complaints." 1 star
I confronted someone who left this sort of my review on my mobile app to ask why they gave me one star if they were so pleased. It was the only review under five stars. They said that they wanted their review to appear in the "top negative review" column since it didn't have a shot at the "top positive review" column. I was dumbfounded.
I had a similar story - user said that even though their review is wrong, "I'll let it stay because I don't feel like changing it".
Really makes you question what is going on in the heads of people around you.
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cause people have to sell to eat in our culture of step on the next guy to have a life. And it encourages and even facilitates shady shit.
Bin the complaints about shady then? It’s just how society will always function, right? How can it be shady if it’s normal? There are no ideas out there for evolving social norms. None. Zero. We’re stuck like this forever.
You forgot to switch accounts.
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who worked for a third party used bookseller, this was 8 months ago, we would always and I mean always dispute anything below a 3 star review. Many get thrown out. It was generally in the 40-50% range that we could get removed. Not much rhyme or reason...just dispute all of them.
Why? Isn't that a little dishonest?
Race to the bottom. Who will win?
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#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bin the complaints about shady then? It’s just how society will always function, right? How can it be shady if it’s normal? There are no ideas out there for evolving social norms. None. Zero. We’re stuck like this forever.
You forgot to switch accounts.
You got it all figured out.
I couldn’t reply to your message so I replied to my comment.
Epic deductive effort.
Oh noes fake points on a forum full of anons! I am reeling emotionally from this rejection.
Allow me to curate a blank identity that consists of nothing but a simple counter to indicate how appealing my arguments are to a group of unknowns
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#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
You forgot to switch accounts.
You got it all figured out. I couldn’t reply to your message so I replied to my comment. Epic deductive effort. Oh noes fake points on a forum full of anons! I am reeling emotionally from this rejection. Allow me to curate a blank identity that consists of nothing but a simple counter to indicate how appealing my arguments are to a group of unknowns
Ok, I'll accept that, but you have to admit it looks like you're responding to your comment there. If you want to engage in constructive conversation you have a bit of work to do. Start with A) realizing you probably don't know as much as you think you do, and B) don't get so emotional when someone disagrees with you.
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#237An interesting dark pattern (albeit unrelated to the review flow) is during the standard checkout process. on the last screen before the purchase, the Amazon logo image / header no longer links back to the Amazon homepage like the rest of the site. I guess keeping the user captive leads to more sales
I've found this to no longer be true. Now a dropdown pops out and asks if you're sure you wanna leave checkout, you can choose "back to cart" and "continue checkout". This is for US desktop. could be different for other devices/locations.
> I've found this to no longer be true.
Still true over here (outside US).
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#238Amazon's big dark pattern: "No, I don't want to save $25.72." You get that every time you order and don't pay for Prime. Also, the non-Prime "Free Shipping" option requires you to back up and click shipping type to get it. The default path makes you pay for shipping.
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Consider the other side of this argument: should reviews be timeless? Many times a (good faith) vendor will make small, incremental changes to a product that addresses concerns that low-star reviewers point out. However, the product page remains the same - it does not distinguish between "Seattle Coffee Beans - Batch A" and "Seattle Coffee Beans - Batch C". It simply says "Seattle Coffee Beans". So if you leave a rev…
Sure they can, but what about some of the products on Amazon which are mostly immutable like for example: Books. A bad book is a bad book. Batch B of the said book is mostly a new "product" listing on Amazon with its own set of reviews and ratings. Also if Batch C is being sold or something similar (to batches), a better idea would be (IMO) to have the product owner comment on the review, saying we have fixed this in…
Not necessarily. The album Pinkerton by Weezer was critically panned at release but now regarded as perhaps their best album.
Tastes change. That said, you can still find those old reviews. Not so in all cases on Amazon...
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#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? Isn't that a little dishonest?
Because people write crappy reviews. I remember seeing a 1 start review for a video card that was basically "I ordered the wrong one and it didnt fit my system" reviews should be taken with a grain of salt.
Just because some people write crappy reviews is not an excuse for challenging all of the bad reviews.