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Should You Trust Website Customer Reviews?
crevette asks: "I was looking on Amazon for some gizmo when I got a review from G. Cooke, TX, who is in the top 10 reviewers. Out of curiosity, I checked her reviews... She has 658 reviews, many on the same day, which include everything from knife sets to a plastic duck! She reviews many books on the same day... She must be spending hundreds of dollars on useless stuff every month. Worst of all, most of her reviews are 5 stars. Do you think those people are paid by Amazon or some company? Do you trust them? If not (like I tend to think) what can we do about it?"
I believe every one of the glowing 449 reviews for the verbal swordsman and musical orgasm that is David Hasselhoff
In Soviet Russia YOU lie to reviewers !
Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1992-1951
Programming is not an excuse. Programmers are smart enough to be able to spell, spellcheck, or check a dictionary.
Not doing at least one of these three things is pure laziness. You tell us all "Here's my opinion, but I don't care about it enough to even check it for simple mistakes". If you don't care enough about your opinion to write it properly, why should the rest of us?
People like you think your meaning is clear simply because you know what you wanted to say, but you force everyone else to try and figure out what the hell you DID mean from context, which means reading your opinion is a task that requires effort. I want to spend my time considering people's opinions, not trying to decipher them. "Your" vs "You're" is a kindergarten level mistake, and it makes sentences a PITA to read.
Take some pride in your writing, and show at least a LITTLE consideration for the people you supposedly want to communicate with. I count at least 2 child-level grammatical errors, and 6 separate spelling errors, some repeated. Fine, some people can't spell, but those that can't should recognise this, and be extra vigilant in checking their writing.