I'm still surprised how many people are surprised by this. I tried to explain it to a friend once and he was like "haha yeah some Chinese makers put up fake brands with fake pics and reviews, you gotta do your research"...
People have no idea what's going on here and how in collusion Amazon AND other well-known brands are with the scam that is Chinese manufacturing. Amazon really need an American competitor.
In the current day you need to assume all numbers that represent large groups of people are fake, or at the very least heavily massaged. Polls, ratings, upvote counts, likes and retweets, "scientific" data, vote counts.
The only time it's trustworthy is when they are low numbers, or the mass media is trying to desperately convince you away from something.
And specifically with Amazon, the Chinese companies often ask you to give a positive review in exchange for a gift. The gift sometimes costs more than the product you bought in the first place.
But how can you do actual research? Products are fake, reviews are fake, Q&A is fake, I guess you can look up consumer reports but its probably owned by china and fake too. Are there any web sites with actual consumer reports on products? This seems like a good .win page.
I'm still surprised how many people are surprised by this. I tried to explain it to a friend once and he was like "haha yeah some Chinese makers put up fake brands with fake pics and reviews, you gotta do your research"...
People have no idea what's going on here and how in collusion Amazon AND other well-known brands are with the scam that is Chinese manufacturing. Amazon really need an American competitor.
In the current day you need to assume all numbers that represent large groups of people are fake, or at the very least heavily massaged. Polls, ratings, upvote counts, likes and retweets, "scientific" data, vote counts.
The only time it's trustworthy is when they are low numbers, or the mass media is trying to desperately convince you away from something.
And specifically with Amazon, the Chinese companies often ask you to give a positive review in exchange for a gift. The gift sometimes costs more than the product you bought in the first place.
But how can you do actual research? Products are fake, reviews are fake, Q&A is fake, I guess you can look up consumer reports but its probably owned by china and fake too. Are there any web sites with actual consumer reports on products? This seems like a good .win page.