[wp-forums] Sock puppet reviews

[andrew nevins]

Instead of deleting the reviews entirely, would it be better to replace the
review text with something that labels it to be ignored? Just until the
system changes to also delete the star rating when you delete the review?
You could maybe stop the reviewer from editing your replaced text by
closing the thread, maybe, I haven't ever closed a review thread before.

Just wondering because it seems sock puppet accounts get away with too
much, having their 5 star review still up there. I know we're all aware of
this issue.


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Ipstenu the Half-Elf
<ipstenu at halfelf.org>wrote:

> Perhaps ironically, Jen, that's how we verify sock puppetry as well :)
> Companies are rife with having an intern make a dozen accounts.
>
> You can tell the good ones from the bad by posting frequency, account
> generation timespan, and post content. For example, if Automattic had 10
> employees all sign up on the same day and all post 5 star reviews about how
> much Jetpack was the shiznee AND 1 stars for Boatpack (the DerpPress.org
> alternative), I'd cry foul, and send a nasty email to folks who owned
> Jetpack about playing fair and nice. And  turf the reviews.
>
> But see, Automattic won't do that. Nor would any reputable and experienced
> company. FWIW, the companies who do this often have hired some 3rd party
> source to boost their SEO. And yeah, that's what some SEO companies do.
>
> Hate.
>
> (PS: If you have a company be honest, don't review spam, and have all your
> minions have companyname.com as the email. Loves and kisses, half-elf of
> California.)
>
>> Jen Mylo <mailto:jenmylo at wordpress.org>
>> 10 March, 2014 at 4:44:09PM
>>
>>
>> For the record, everyone at Automattic is proxied (for the security and
>> stuff) through the same IP all the time, so if they ever look like
>> Automatticians, they probably would be the same.
>> j
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>> andrew nevins <mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
>> 10 March, 2014 at 4:42:07PM
>>
>> And what happens if you find the plugin author has the same IP as the sock
>> puppet accounts?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:41 PM, andrew nevins <
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>> andrew nevins <mailto:andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
>> 10 March, 2014 at 4:41:11PM
>>
>> Okay, not all. I did notice some, but now I can't seem to access them or
>> find them. Is someone deleting the reviews currently?
>>
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>> Jan Dembowski <mailto:jan at dembowski.net>
>> 10 March, 2014 at 4:37:28PM
>>
>> Note that not all of the 5 star review are sock puppets so look first. ;)
>>
>>
>> Jan Dembowski <mailto:jan at dembowski.net>
>> 10 March, 2014 at 4:32:39PM
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>>
>>
>> That's usually the best way and the 5 stars are sharing the same IP
>> address. I tend to just delete the review and block the sock puppet account.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jan Dembowski
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