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by doglet 3y ago
tl;dr it got worse!
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by doglet 4y ago
A possible connection between fake profile invitations from developers "from Ukraine" and Russia.
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by doglet 4y ago
I've been getting these suspicious posts from people claiming to be from Ukraine. They always use the same template. Seems suspicious; any idea what's going on?
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by doglet 4y ago
Extreme deception in advertising, if you ask me, from a major insurer.
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Why Instacart Removed 'Buy It Again'
2 points by doglet 5y ago|0 comments
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by doglet 5y ago
It was good, then got plagued by bad incentives, to sum it up
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Quora Dark Pattern: Unsubscribe
9 points by doglet 5y ago|4 comments
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by doglet 5y ago
Release Highlights https://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/release_highli...
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Scikit-learn 1.0 has arrived(pypi.org)
3 points by doglet 5y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: You Are Predictable
1 points by doglet 6y ago|0 comments
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by doglet 6y ago
As a non-expert, I need a name brand as my gold standard for comparison in normal usage scenario.
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Beware “Amazon's Choice”(brianbien.com)
16 points by doglet 6y ago|4 comments
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Coming Rise of Drone Piracy?(brianbien.com)
1 points by doglet 6y ago|0 comments
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by doglet 6y ago
> If you were to buy, say, a laptop, or a new washing machine... where would you go? The Which magazine sounds like Consumer Reports, who purports to have no interest outside of the consumer's: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by doglet 6y ago
I too share your logic behind placing more trust in sites that go in-depth and review across all the brands, as opposed to focusing extra attention in only one or a couple. Regarding SEO blogs, I have seen a lot of "review rewrite&quot
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Ask HN: Have affiliate commissions polluted reviews?
13 points by doglet 6y ago|7 comments
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Selection Bias in Ads(brianbien.com)
1 points by doglet 6y ago|0 comments
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Weasel Words and Weasel Stats
1 points by doglet 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Worst Domain Registrar Offenders?
2 points by doglet 7y ago|0 comments
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by doglet 9y ago
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-income-makes-you-middle-... I expected better from BI
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How to Inflate Your Stats(imgur.com)
1 points by doglet 9y ago|1 comments
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by doglet 9y ago
I think at the root of the problem is statistical ignorance, combined with confused morale judgment, along the lines of "but if we think X is effective, it would be wrong to withhold providing X for everyone equally!"
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by doglet 9y ago
similar to a lot of apartments incentivizing positive reviews from their tenants
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by doglet 9y ago
In other words, repetition of the same mistakes implies higher probability of copying
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by doglet 9y ago
Interestingly, Amazon might have a secondary payoff here: they actually get some good ground truth (honest review data) since these reviews - at least the positive ones - aren't tainted by the same incentives.
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by doglet 9y ago
Nothing like the good old trusted hobby store. And yes, this repetition of phrase or structure should be a clear signal.
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by doglet 9y ago
Maybe there's a market for verified customer reviews of popular items - even ones that aren't big ticket. Consumer Reports might grow to cover additional items and perhaps develop a browser extension for subscribers who gain acces
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by doglet 9y ago
We should still be able to ask them to make a reasonable effort, which keeps the fake review economy at bay
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by doglet 9y ago
One problem is getting "ground truth." I think Amazon has a pretty good idea of a lot of near-certain true positives.
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by doglet 9y ago
Should we conclude that Amazon does not have sufficient incentive to remove these fake reviews? Surely they could, when third-party sites easily detect them...

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