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Did amazon reviews get hacked?

1 points by rustydev ↗ HN
Seen it in several products, but this one is especially odd: https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Headsets-Wireless-Headphones-Lightweight/product-reviews/B07CQ1M3WZ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews it includes reviews for signal booster, a bronthosaurus phone holder, multiple reviews from the same person, and comments like "loved the tablecloth"

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I believe it's the fact that Amazon mixes the reviews of variations of a product. And sellers adding whole different products as variation of others. It's a mess.

From a Reddit discussion today "Amazon reviews are almost worthless to me at this point, because they merge together reviews not only for variations of a product and completely different sellers but also for completely different products in a similar product line. It affects everything from tea leaves to laptops." https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8nlanp/amazon_n...