Just left a 1 star review and reported a bunch of their obviously fake 5 star reviews
The last time it was posted I investigated the reviews on Google play, and every rating was made by a real person, or a bot impersonating the real person.
There is no way to tell appart except by contacting the person.
Avoid falling into a circle jerk, we are better than this.
Is that second one not what you would do if you were trying to generate reviews that would pass automated checks? The hard part is deciding if the fake reviews were requested/bought/generated by Reddit or if they’re an independent bot network trying to establish legitimacy or mask directed action.
Or just when there is a movement a protests there is always a bunch of people against the protest.
Bunch of redditors are pissed off that we ruin their addiction.
In the account I checked, somes had a selfie of themselves that werent indexed on google yet. To me it point out it’s more likely a genuine account
The real people I’m not commenting on, I’m commenting on the bots. The question is why they’re reviewing the Reddit app, and that’s basically unknowable without an investigation well beyond my skill level and pay grade. They could be a bot network trying to build credibility or a bot network cashing out and leaving paid reviews.
Lmao I saw a 5 star review that said the official app was “better than any 3rd party app”, that it had “non-intrusive ads”, and asking for an ads toggle for premium users to be able to support reddit. I can’t even tell if it’s some sort of elaborate sarcasm. Wild.
I was seeing this today too! I’m reporting all those comments to the App Store, I hope it does something
