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Alright, I barely write in this journal (I've never been able to keep up a diary) but this is an internet-related thing that is really bugging me.
I was on the Target website today looking for a beanbag chair to read in. If you go to the website you'll see that they sell about 30 different kinds of beanbags. I know Target is a very proliferous corporation... but that's still a whole lot of options for something so specific as a beanbag chair.
But that wasn't what got me. Every single item on that website has at least one customer review. And some of them are very detailed. I know there's not much to do in the suburbs, but I'd think that people would most likely watch tv instead of writing exciting and well-composed product reviews on target.com.
Also, the style in which the reviews is written are very specific. They sound like product reviews you read in a magazine, not reviews that you read on amazon.com, for example, which have spelling errors and other issues.
quote from target.com
at the bottom of the page:
"The cut is great, the fabric is nice, and it's great as a layering piece and looks good with boots, flats, or my Chucks."
note that the two reviews about this product sound like they were written by the same person
I don't buy it. People only write like if they're getting paid. The writing style in these reviews is also very similar to what the actual website posts under the product descriptions.
There are some negative reviews about some products, but the negative buzz thing has been done before. Like with Pearl Jam.
Or maybe I'm making this up. But I am convinced that there is something shady about these "guest " reviews
I was on the Target website today looking for a beanbag chair to read in. If you go to the website you'll see that they sell about 30 different kinds of beanbags. I know Target is a very proliferous corporation... but that's still a whole lot of options for something so specific as a beanbag chair.
But that wasn't what got me. Every single item on that website has at least one customer review. And some of them are very detailed. I know there's not much to do in the suburbs, but I'd think that people would most likely watch tv instead of writing exciting and well-composed product reviews on target.com.
Also, the style in which the reviews is written are very specific. They sound like product reviews you read in a magazine, not reviews that you read on amazon.com, for example, which have spelling errors and other issues.
quote from target.com
at the bottom of the page:
"The cut is great, the fabric is nice, and it's great as a layering piece and looks good with boots, flats, or my Chucks."
note that the two reviews about this product sound like they were written by the same person
I don't buy it. People only write like if they're getting paid. The writing style in these reviews is also very similar to what the actual website posts under the product descriptions.
There are some negative reviews about some products, but the negative buzz thing has been done before. Like with Pearl Jam.
Or maybe I'm making this up. But I am convinced that there is something shady about these "guest " reviews