- Joined
- Jun 28, 2012
- Messages
- 13,313
- Reaction score
- 4,148
Amazon last week filed suit against over 1,000 Fiverr users who wrote fake product reviews.
Didn't have a chance to share this on Friday, but wanted to be sure to today.
While this is about Amazon product reviews, not specifically Local news, it's still important and very related.
How does it relate to Local? Fiverr is a haven for cheap fake local reviewers. It's the underbelly of the review world. And I sure hope this lawsuit scares off some of the shady Fiverr's that offer to do local reviews too. Here are 2 stories with more details about the Amazon lawsuit.
<a href="http://marketingland.com/amazon-sues-1114-fiverr-users-for-offering-to-write-fake-product-reviews-147305">Amazon Sues 1,114 Fiverr Users For Offering To Write Fake Product Reviews</a>
<a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2015/after-conducting-undercover-sting-amazon-files-suit-against-1000-fiverr-users-over-fake-product-reviews/">After undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews</a>
Hope when word spreads about this Amazon suit, it gives some of these guys a clue that they need to find a new gig!
Better yet, it would be great if Fiverr would just not allow this type of gig.
Afterall it's illegal to do fake reviews.
What do you think???
<meta property="og:type" content="article"><meta property="og:title" content=""><meta property="og:description" content="">
<meta property="og:image" content="">
Didn't have a chance to share this on Friday, but wanted to be sure to today.
While this is about Amazon product reviews, not specifically Local news, it's still important and very related.
How does it relate to Local? Fiverr is a haven for cheap fake local reviewers. It's the underbelly of the review world. And I sure hope this lawsuit scares off some of the shady Fiverr's that offer to do local reviews too. Here are 2 stories with more details about the Amazon lawsuit.
<a href="http://marketingland.com/amazon-sues-1114-fiverr-users-for-offering-to-write-fake-product-reviews-147305">Amazon Sues 1,114 Fiverr Users For Offering To Write Fake Product Reviews</a>
<a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2015/after-conducting-undercover-sting-amazon-files-suit-against-1000-fiverr-users-over-fake-product-reviews/">After undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews</a>
Hope when word spreads about this Amazon suit, it gives some of these guys a clue that they need to find a new gig!
Better yet, it would be great if Fiverr would just not allow this type of gig.
Afterall it's illegal to do fake reviews.
What do you think???
<meta property="og:type" content="article"><meta property="og:title" content=""><meta property="og:description" content="">
<meta property="og:image" content="">