If it involves money, it has the incentive to game the system. So you’d be dealing with multiple efforts of actors adding fake reviews, sabotaging competitors, endless spam etc.
Comment on Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoReading the post, I found what I really want right now: a federated review platform. Too many times I want to look for a product, and has to look into a reddit thread to see a recommendation. There should be one, right? Where is it?
balder1991@lemmy.world 1 week ago
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Argh, that connects it to the shopping platform. I wish there is a way around amazon…
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
!neodb@lemmy.zip is a general review site. It currently covers media but, if you can get the data in (SKUs?) I can’t see a reason it couldn’t cover other products.
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thanks a lot! Bummer that it is primarily for media. I wish it had more publicity/popularity, is there any way I can help?
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It’s not a bunker per se, it is just that, if you are a review platform, the easiest initial targets would be Goodreads, IMDb, etc. Other types of stuff to review may take a little longer. However, if you can get access to a source of unique IDs, it may be possible to import the information. As it is written in Python there will be knowledgeable folks around who can better advise on this. I’d suggest post about it here: !neodb@lemmy.zip. See what other people think about it.