A new Windows professional XP wSP2 product appeared a few days back at amazon.com. The same product was already on sale by amazon and had a rating of 3/5. The "new" product has a rating of 5/5 (strangely enough considering it is the exact same thing), while the only review to date (30-04-06) has been written by a reviewer who posted his first review again only a few days back. In these few days he has written a bunch of reviews most of them less then 4 lines long. Meanwhile the MacOSX product which had a rating of 4.5/5 few weeks back has slided to 4/5. Does this seem like a case of astroturfing to anyone else?
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Astroturfing of "new" XP product at amazon
- Thread starter cruzer
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
almost begs the question, "why do you care?"
Also, who bases their OS purchasing habits on Amazon customer ratings?
Also, who bases their OS purchasing habits on Amazon customer ratings?
I think you are reading into this too much. I also think you are reading too much, unless you have excellent observation skills (which is entirely possible of course). 
This sort of 'cheating' of the marks happens all the time on the net. But as Janey pointed out, people are going to base their choice of OS on a little more than someones review on Amazon.
This sort of 'cheating' of the marks happens all the time on the net. But as Janey pointed out, people are going to base their choice of OS on a little more than someones review on Amazon.