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by tlochhead 1797 days ago
I hear you. Currently, the reviews are scored based on an ML model trained by Amazon reviews and their respective helpfulness rating, which helps weed out low-quality reviews.

Coming soon is a fake detection algorithm that runs a statistical analysis to spot discrepancies and contradictions among reviews from multiple sources. Additionally, more trustworthy review sources, like Reddit and Wirecutter, will be given more prominence.