BBM for Android and iOS was launched on Monday and some users noticed fake reviews stacking up on the app by Tuesday and Wednesday, but this 'reviews' increased Thursday when tech blogger Terence Eden took a closer look at the growing number of reviews (over 182,000 at the time of writing).
Many of the reviews were written in ridiculous poor English, almost as if they were posted by bots and spammers. English isn’t most people’s first first language, however, so that in itself wasn’t enough of a red flag, but Eden found many reviews that looked as if the same text had been copied over and over however, blackberry has responded to a request for comment on the issue, taking no responsibility for the fishy comments and showing its disapproval for them.
A BlackBerry spokesperson gave TNW the following statement:
We have been made aware of a number of potentially fake reviews of BBM for Android on Google Play, with ratings anywhere from one to five stars,” . “We have no knowledge of how these reviews were created or populated. We do not approve of or condone such activities. There are also many genuinely great and useful reviews from our new BBM users on Google Play. We would like to encourage our fans and users to continue to provide true assessments of the BBM experience through the proper channels.
What do you think of the fake BBM for Andriod reviews? Have you noticed them?
[nextweb]
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