Can someone "spam" the ratings?
Our survey has three features that discourage "spamming" or help
make it clear when spamming has occurred.
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For each specific brand of a specific product, a survey participant
can give only one rating. If someone tries to rate a specific
product again, the new rating replaces the old one.
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Ratings are anonymous but do show the rater's domain. If high
ratings of the Acme brand of vitamin C are all from #1@acme.com,
#2@acme.com, #3@acme.com, and so on, it's easy to see that these
ratings are from Acme employees.
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Ratings also have dates. If Acme tells its employees to register
for our survey through their personal email addresses, a "spike"
of high ratings all appearing in a single day or week also suggests
that Acme has tried to spam its ratings. (Besides, Acme has
no way of checking that its employees have complied. Unless
the employees are genuinely enthusiastic about Acme products,
such spamming might not occur at all.)
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specific supplements, anonymously unless you specify otherwise,
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specific supplements.
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