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by bartl 3087 days ago
It probably is a learning system... It got trained more. The review itself doesn't have to change. The system merely adjusted its parameters due to more exposure to new reviews.
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Possibly, yeah. I was also under the misapprehension the re-analyse button came up (randomly) immediately after a review, but it seems it appears on old stored reviews.

Anyone who uses this site really needs to do a re-analysis, because on the products I just tested I'd rate its prior ability to detect fakes (reviews and reviewers) at F.

After re-analysis I'll upgrade its ability to C.

TBH, I don't understand the point. I trust my own ability to evaluate reviews more than the unknown logic of a third party website, which may have its own interests/motives influencing its reviews of reviews.