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ray ( ray@lemmy.ml )  to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

Customer Ratings Have Become Meaningless. ‘People Hand Out 5 Stars Like It’s Candy.’

www.wsj.com

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Customer Ratings Have Become Meaningless. ‘People Hand Out 5 Stars Like It’s Candy.’

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ray ( ray@lemmy.ml )  to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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Riddled With Confusion and Guilt, ‘People Hand Out 5 Stars Like It’s Candy.’
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    yeah, this is to miss the point, isn’t it ?

    the issue is the division of labour by algorithms working with shonky data, and the potential to have to prosperity dictated by gold stars on a touch screen.

    interestingly, the WSJ take a different tone when talking about China’s Social Credit, but dont seem have much of problem with us constantly peer review each others behaviour.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-new-tool-for-social-control-a-credit-rating-for-everything-1480351590

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