top | item 8924321 Show HN: Fakespot – identify fake reviews Amazon 7 points| dukefall | 11 years ago |fakespot.com 8 comments order hn newest [+] [-] dukefall|11 years ago|reply Fellow hackers, I created this site that analyzes reviews of an Amazon product.The algorithm analyzes language and many other variables improving over time due to machine learning implementation.Primary aim is to distinguish fake reviews (aka, reviews that were paid for the purpose of inflating a product ranking) from the legit reviews. [+] [-] smt88|11 years ago|reply How do you test? Like how are you certain that some reviews are fake and others are real? load replies (1) [+] [-] secfirstmd|11 years ago|reply This is a cool idea for Amazon but would be really really useful for TripAdvisor. That thing is so blatantly riddled with some people gaming it. I myself have reported people for being ridiculously obvious about it.
[+] [-] dukefall|11 years ago|reply Fellow hackers, I created this site that analyzes reviews of an Amazon product.The algorithm analyzes language and many other variables improving over time due to machine learning implementation.Primary aim is to distinguish fake reviews (aka, reviews that were paid for the purpose of inflating a product ranking) from the legit reviews. [+] [-] smt88|11 years ago|reply How do you test? Like how are you certain that some reviews are fake and others are real? load replies (1)
[+] [-] smt88|11 years ago|reply How do you test? Like how are you certain that some reviews are fake and others are real? load replies (1)
[+] [-] secfirstmd|11 years ago|reply This is a cool idea for Amazon but would be really really useful for TripAdvisor. That thing is so blatantly riddled with some people gaming it. I myself have reported people for being ridiculously obvious about it.
[+] [-] dukefall|11 years ago|reply
The algorithm analyzes language and many other variables improving over time due to machine learning implementation.
Primary aim is to distinguish fake reviews (aka, reviews that were paid for the purpose of inflating a product ranking) from the legit reviews.
[+] [-] smt88|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] secfirstmd|11 years ago|reply