Pro@programming.dev to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoMozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.blog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkMozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.blog.mozilla.orgPro@programming.dev to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIf it’s open source how easy will it be for others then to game the system?
minus-squaremoonpiedumplings@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThere are open source tools for analyzing if github stars are fake, and they work reliably. The kind of people that fake reviews/stars target are not the kind of people that are going to be verifying things. As long as Amazon doesn’t crack down, there isn’t really a need to game the system.
If it’s open source how easy will it be for others then to game the system?
There are open source tools for analyzing if github stars are fake, and they work reliably.
The kind of people that fake reviews/stars target are not the kind of people that are going to be verifying things.
As long as Amazon doesn’t crack down, there isn’t really a need to game the system.