Amazon Reviews are the gold standard for determining if a product is good. Real people write reviews of e-readers, tablets, accessories, books, etc. Last year, Amazon released a new summary feature: AI-generated customer review highlights. The feature provides a short paragraph on the product detail page, highlighting shared positive, neutral, and negative customer opinions … [Read more...] about Do you use Amazon AI-generated review highlights?
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AI Chatbots are Leaving Reviews on Amazon Products
People are deploying AI chatbots to write product reviews on Amazon. A recent study by CNBC found that there are multiple occurrences of artificial language detection in reviews. AI Chatbots for Reviews A popular review confirmed how AI chatbots are used for writing reviews. For example, a review on maternity shorts on Amazon was, "As an AI language model, I don't have a … [Read more...] about AI Chatbots are Leaving Reviews on Amazon Products
Amazon Employees Accepting Bribes to Take Down Bad Reviews
Ah, the good old Amazon review saga... no, it's not authors buying mass blocks of five-star reviews. Oh wait, no, it's not authors bullying reviewers for leaving bad reviews, either. Nope, it's not authors buying one-star reviews for a rival author's book. Nuh uh, it's not Amazon removing any and all reviews that seem shady, purchased, left by an acquaintance of the author, or … [Read more...] about Amazon Employees Accepting Bribes to Take Down Bad Reviews
Are Amazon’s Review Policies Helpful or Reactionary?
Like it or not, Amazon is the world's largest bookstore. As such, there are a couple of pitfalls for both readers and authors. First, as the largest source of potential buyers, authors have to play nice and follow the rules. When authors cook up something ridiculous to game the system, Amazon makes sweeping changes to those rules. Even worse, as the world's largest bookstore, … [Read more...] about Are Amazon’s Review Policies Helpful or Reactionary?