Reddit is buyng 5 star reviews. (imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Cheebus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] faltuuser@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This reminds to give reddit 1 star on Playstore.

[-] JesusTheCarpenter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same here

[-] SouthernCross@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One bot's review is referring to Reddit as Tripomate. Lol oh reddit...

[-] Paws@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Currently 2.4/5.0 on the Play Store. Wasn't that long ago when it was around 4.0. Their rating has taken a beating over the last few weeks.

[-] marsokod@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Before the API pricing change, the Reddit app could be considered an internal hobby project made by a handful of employees on their spare time.

Now that this one is mandatory, it can be rated for what it is.

[-] adinfinitum@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I gave it a 1 star review. I'm doing my part o7

[-] imallamabanana@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Just left mine. Fuck u/spez

[-] python@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They're also definitely doing some sort of keyword manipulation, cause the official Reddit App is fairly high in the result list when searching for Lemmy.

On another note: hi, I just came here today after RIF stopped working 👋

[-] Xylinna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Welcome!

[-] ThatSandwichGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm here full time too since I got connect.

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ironic that the FTC is going to likely make these illegal soon. Anyone want to save screenshots?

[-] pythonxy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Just leave my first 1 star to reddit app

[-] cyd@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

After seeing this, I thought I'd go over to the Play Store to leave a 1 star review. Then discovered I had already left a 1 star review (complaining about their shitty interface) a few months ago, which I'd totally forgotten about ;-)

[-] pacology@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

No. It’s the new bot users rating their new favorite app.

[-] WrittenOnMyiPhone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

just left a 1 star review, because it honestly deserves it

[-] Xylinna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I feel like I must be crazy but these reviews do not read like 5 star reviews. Seems super suspect.

[-] vanillacadmium@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You’re right. One specifically mentions ‘would rate this 0 if I could’ so in lieu of that option, they selected a…5?

Have they gone through and scraped the text from a bunch of real reviews and are reposting them with 5 star ratings to make them look organic?

[-] Determinator@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Can't say I'm even remotely surprised. It's unfortunate that even user reviews have become all but useless on most platforms due to corpo bullshit like this.

[-] esadatari@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

good things corporations are people too so their votes they paid for count right?

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago