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by kkwok 4611 days ago
They do say if someone got it through vine.
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This is correct. They also show when someone is a Vine reviewer (which is an invitation-only program), even if the product being reviewed was purchased, and not provided via Vine.

The conflict of interest argument will always carry some weight re: the Vine program, but Amazon seems to be handling it quite well. Anyone who doesn't like the program is given enough information to just ignore those reviewers.