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Americans Were Skinnier in the 1980s, with the Same Diet/Exercise as Today (opens in new tab)

(theatlantic.com)

1bespoke_engnr6y ago0

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Managing DigitalOcean Infrastructure with Terraform (opens in new tab)

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2bespoke_engnr8y ago0

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Bot Writes New Harry Potter Book (opens in new tab)

(botnik.org)

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Ask HN: What's the State of the Art in Fake Amazon Reviews?

I was just browsing Amazon's black Friday sale, and came across a product with high-quality fake (I think?) reviews. I almost fell for it:

https://www.amazon.com/Soundbar-UPGRADED-Surround-Theater-Bluetooth/product-reviews/B076DXH4WP/

There's a huge burst of product reviews from Nov. 21st, all from 'verified' purchases, all from accounts with a female first name and exactly 3 product reviews.

Is this the current state of the art in fake amazon reviews? How can they not be detecting this as anomalous? Is there a semi-reliable way of detecting this kind of thing or do I have to be insanely vigilant all the time?

Or is it just a coincidence, and I'm being too paranoid?

36bespoke_engnr8y ago14

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ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI (opens in new tab)

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Whatever You Do, Don't Expose the Docker Socket to a Container (2015) (opens in new tab)

(lvh.io)

2bespoke_engnr9y ago0

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Ask HN: What's the State of the Art in Fake Amazon Reviews?

ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI (opens in new tab)

Whatever You Do, Don't Expose the Docker Socket to a Container (2015) (opens in new tab)