Went to Google Play to complain about Hulu. I noticed Google advertising that over 300 reviews had the verbatim quote “watch and movies that you love”. It’s always confusing that buggy corporate apps have >95% 5 star reviews until you see that the majority are just completely fake, and no one cares or is doing anything about it.

  • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

    • Goodhart’s law

    Advertisers made it a target to have a high review score so now they are just another advertising cost.

    SEO did the same to the web.

    Bots and now AI are infecting social spaces as users figured out reviews are now shit and would turn to special interest groups.