Underground sellers offer five-star reviews and charge up to $1,100 to make negative feedback disappear.

  • lemmygarden@lemmy.today
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    2 hours ago

    I’ve received money for a fake review. And money to write a “genuinely positive” review for a business I visited.

  • TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Hardly surprising when the first review you see online is going to massively shape your perceptions of a company.