#consumerreviews — Public Fediverse posts

Scammers Are Using Fake Reviews to Extort Small Businesses - Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on G... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/fake-reviews-small-businesses.html #extortionandblackmail #fraudsandswindling #consumerreviews #smallbusiness

Google Pixel 10 Pro Review: This A.I. Phone Can Save Time if You Surrender Your Data - The new artificially intelligent Pixel can help people streamline certain tasks. But that... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/google-pixel-10-pro-review-ai-phone.html #android(operatingsystem) #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #contenttype:service #mobileapplications #consumerreviews #smartphones #innovation #googleinc #privacy

How A.I. Imitates Restaurant Reviews - A new study showed people real restaurant reviews and ones produced by A.I. They couldn’t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/dining/ai-restaurant-reviews.html #artificialintelligence #consumerreviews #restaurants #research #chatgpt

Fake Reviews Are Rampant Online. Can a Crackdown End Them? - A wave of regulation and industry action have placed the flourishing fake review business... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/technology/fake-reviews-crackdown.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #onlineadvertising #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #europeanunion #jamesletitia #googleinc #yelp

Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps - Researchers who found that a fifth of social networking apps have received multiple user ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/sextortion-ai-app-danger-project-safety-reviews.html #universityofmassachusettsamherst #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #childpornography #consumerreviews #socialmedia #sexcrimes #googleinc #appleinc

A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks - Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #booktradeandpublishing #federaltradecommission #travelandvacations #booksandliterature #writingandwriters #e-booksandreaders #condenasttraveler #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #amazonkindle

A.I.-Generated News, Reviews and Other Content Found on Websites - The findings in two new reports raise fresh concerns over how artificial intelligence may... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/technology/ai-generated-content-discovered-on-news-sites-content-farms-and-product-reviews.html #newsguardtechnologiesinc #rumorsandmisinformation #advertisingandmarketing #artificialintelligence #linkedincorporation #newsandnewsmedia #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #instagraminc #socialmedia

The Fried Chicken Inflation Index - YouTube star Elijah Quashie, of the U.K. hit “The Pengest Munch,” copes with the rising c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/business/media/youtube-elijah-quashie-fried-chicken.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #prices(faresfeesandrates) #cookingandcookbooks #fastfoodindustry #consumerreviews #quashieelijah #restaurants #youtube.com #chickens #food

How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet - The number of users has plummeted, and its stock price has dropped. Former employees poin... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/business/media/wish-online-dollar-store.html #advertisingandmarketing #universityofwaterloo #sanfrancisco(calif) #mobileapplications #customerrelations #onlineadvertising #shoppingandretail #consumerreviews #discountselling #e-commerce

Fashion Nova Is Fined for Suppressing Negative Reviews - Fashion Nova held lower-starred reviews for approval before they could be posted, the F.T... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/business/fashion-nova-reviews.html #sundayrileymodernskincarellc #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #consumerprotection #fashionandapparel #consumerreviews #fashionnovainc #e-commerce

Four Resolutions for a Healthier Tech Life in 2022 - The tech world delivered many unpleasant surprises to us in the pandemic. We can learn fr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/technology/personaltech/relationship-with-technology.html #blackfridayandcybermonday(shopping) #computersandtheinternet #computernetworkoutages #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #contenttype:service #consumerreviews #cloudcomputing #e-commerce #shortages #software #appleinc #privacy

Amazon’s Open Secret - The persistence of bogus reviews raises big questions for Amazon. - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/technology/amazon-reviews.html #fraudsandswindling #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc

Amazon’s Great Purge - Evictions of some popular products evictions tell us a lot about untrustworthy internet r... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/technology/amazons-great-purge.html #computersandtheinternet #customerrelations #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #e-commerce

Has Vitaly Borker, Online's Biggest Bully, Returned? - Outraged customers of Eyeglassesdepot.com sound like the victims of a man who’s already s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/vitaly-borker-online-retail.html #threatsandthreateningmessages #counterfeitmerchandise #eyeglassesdepot.com #fraudsandswindling #decormyeyes.com #consumerreviews #opticsfastinc #trustpilotinc #borkervitaly #e-commerce

Has Online Retail’s Biggest Bully Returned? - Outraged customers of Eyeglassesdepot.com sound like the victims of a man who’s already s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/has-online-retails-biggest-bully-returned.html #threatsandthreateningmessages #sheepsheadbay(brooklynny) #computersandtheinternet #counterfeitmerchandise #eyeglassesdepot.com #fraudsandswindling #computersecurity #decormyeyes.com #consumerreviews #opticsfastinc #borkervitaly #e-commerce #trustpilot

Amazon Produce Reviews: What Do They Mean? - Customers and sellers have relied on star ratings for decades, but the review system appears to ha... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/style/amazon-whole-foods-produce-reviews.html #deliveryservices #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc

How Fake Reviews Hurt Us and Amazon - New research shows that we need to be even more skeptical online shoppers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/technology/fake-reviews-amazon.html #computersandtheinternet #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #facebookinc #appleinc

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Review: A Folding Phone That’s a Dud - Samsung wants to excite you by offering a device with a foldable screen. Too bad it’s tedious to u... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/technology/personaltech/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-review.html #computersandtheinternet #wirelesscommunications #cellulartelephones #consumerreviews #samsunggroup #smartphones #batteries #cameras

This Company Says It Will Fix Your Smile. It May Shush You if It Doesn’t. - SmileDirectClub, which sells teeth aligners online, has worked to limit information about customer... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/technology/smiledirectclub-smile-nda.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #regulationandderegulationofindustry #corporatesocialresponsibility #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #initialpublicofferings #teethanddentistry #smiledirectclub #consumerreviews

When Is a Star Not Always a Star? When It’s an Online Review - Customer reviews are incredibly important in e-commerce, but they can be unreliable or downright d... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/business/online-reviews-fake.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #federaltradecommission #sundayrileyskincare #slaughterrebecca #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #choprarohit #e-commerce #sephora

Paging Big Brother: In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a Rewrite - As fake and illegitimate texts proliferate online, books are becoming a form of misinformation. Th... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/technology/amazon-orwell-1984.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #copyrightsandcopyrightviolations #computersandtheinternet #counterfeitmerchandise #booktradeandpublishing #booksandliterature #writingandwriters #consumerreviews #amazon.cominc #orwellgeorge

What to Buy: The Discount Cable and Charger Brands You Can Trust - more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/smarter-living/the-discount-cable-and-charger-brands-you-can-trust.html?partner=rss&emc=rss #computersandtheinternet #your-feed-wirecutter #shoppingandretail #consumerreviews #wireandcable