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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Or, I don't know ... maybe just don't give much credit to reviews that " include unrelated items such as dish soap, garbage bags, and vitamins" when you're looking at headphones? 
A modicum of common sense (not to mention due diligence) will always be required when vetting potential online purchases.
Are people really silly enough to not peruse the actual content of some reviews before clicking the buy button?  |
The article says:
"An unscrupulous Amazon seller finds well-reviewed products, scoops up those positive customer ratings, then dumps them under their own review section to boost their star ratings."
If the latter part is true, the boosted star rating will appear in the listings. It will be visible when the reviews of unrelated items aren't.
If every seller started doing this, it would break the rating system entirely. It is therefore a flawed system, regardless of common sense.