reviews have to be the least coherent part of any ux at this point

1. you can’t verify authenticity

no one really knows how legit the contents and motives of reviews are anymore

i’m bullish on world for this reason: you can of course verify they’re written by humans. you could also theoretically have better visibility into the flow of capital to and from accounts (wallets), which could be used to check authenticity claims from influencers

2. you don’t see range

everything’s roughly a 4.5 now. if everything’s great, nothing is. effectively nullifies the value of reviews as a consumer navigation tool

we need to have higher standards and call out when something is subpar or average

i turn product vision into cultural signal

there’s little to no incentive to call out something that’s bad/average/mid

Most people won’t call it out publicly and they won’t recommend to friends but that’s usually about it

verifying authenticity has always been a hard problem

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tbh same with positive reviews (unless compensated), little incentive 

i think it takes that wikipedia editor type person to write google maps reviews haha

true but positive reviews have a little more incentive bc some people want to share good spots and be looked at as a tastemaker/curator/influencer