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Online Reviews Are Being Bought and Paid For. Get Used to It (www.wired.com)
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You may want to start with the related article: The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes: The most overrated metric in movies is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.

Critics have long been accused of accepting money from companies in exchange for a review of their gadget, book, or movie. Most writers would scoff at the idea, but the practice is widespread—and growing.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/JezNe

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[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Welcome to 15 years ago.

[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Always has been.

[-] pop@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Next you're going to tell me content on sites like Reddit are mostly marketing agencies and their bot farms pushing their products, celebrities, and their agendas. 😱

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

This has been obvious for years now.

[-] xep@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

Yes, we've known for a while now.

[-] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

Even if they're not paid for reviews are a terrible way of knowing if you'll enjoy a movie. They're so subjective. I just ignore the entire movie review system and watch the damn movie. I don't even do trailers because they so often give the entire plot away. Pay attention to what you enjoy - actors, directors, cinematographers. It's not too hard to find stuff you'll likely enjoy.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Happy cake day!

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