tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843875740385457622.post5000375843981603942..comments2023-05-04T06:07:35.300-07:00Comments on Brand's Anatomy: User-review sites, when shills go wrongNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134881973378602496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843875740385457622.post-20132822862357165442010-02-10T21:31:54.678-08:002010-02-10T21:31:54.678-08:00Namanh,
Any time you have user reviews there is a...Namanh, <br />Any time you have user reviews there is a chance of people gaming it, but it's still a great way to build a community. It's unfortunate that some find entertainment in misleading others, but it's treacherous when the businesses encourage it. <br />The topic in question on UrbanSpoon was indeed by location, so "Most Romantic in Los Angeles" etc. Sadly, non-registered users are able to submit votes, which made it very easy for people to stack votes.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134881973378602496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843875740385457622.post-50077859615498075162010-02-10T13:43:08.312-08:002010-02-10T13:43:08.312-08:00This is a problem that we had also anticipated for...This is a problem that we had also anticipated for our website but we haven't seen much gaming on our system yet. We have two key assumptions, first is that ii is not too much of a hassle to create an account but it's enough for someone who really does care to take the time to do it. Secondly we verify emails so that means the user had to previously go through the trouble of creating an email account and in addition, they still need to have access to verify the account. It ought to be enough to at least stop Shilling to some extent. It would be interesting to create a topic "Most Romantic Restaurant" but it might be easier for users if the topic was more specific like "Most Romantic Restaurant in Orange County" or other cities.Namanh Hoanghttp://www.baduku.comnoreply@blogger.com