Pr firm caught manipulating rotten tomatoes scores - Page 2

Aggie_Journalist

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10:12a, 9/7/23

AG

That reminds me of this story from the medical field a few years ago: https://www.propublica.org/article/top-doctors-award-journalist

Folks are always trying to game these systems, if the systems aren't outright corrupt themselves. Snake oil salesmen are alive and well.

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In reply to Diggity • 10:47a, 9/7/23

AG

Diggity said:
next thing you guys are going to tell me is that I can't trust Amazon reviews

lol.

I literally just got reimbursed for not only the purchase, but an extra 'commission' of ~$30, for proof of a positive amazon review.

And the username likely would come as no surprise. $34 dollar item.

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11:03a, 9/7/23

RT is a useful tool to aggregate the so called "Top critics" reviews of a flick. I can simply click on the links and check out what the NYT, New Yorker, LAT, Guardian, etc. think about a film without having to navigate the individual rags' websites.

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8:20p, 9/7/23

AG

Ww84 sat at 80+?! Tells you all you need to know about a clearly effed metric…one of the most horrid movies of the last decade!