Fake Reviews

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Created Sep ’17

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I've run across a desktop application called FotoJet Photo Editor at Mac App Store. It's a brand-new application. So it's been around for just several hours. There's already a positive comment with 5 stars. (If you don't see it, switch the country to the U.S. market.) That raises my suspicion. The name of the person making the comment is Phoebe.buffay. If you look at the comment history, this person has made three comments. They are made about the products created by the same software developer with 5 stars. Obviously, these reviews are fake.

What can we do about it? We lose more and more priviledges because of those who violate rules.

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john daniel OP

Sep ’17

Hello Tomato,

I would tell you to use the "Report a concern" button, but it doesn't work.

This developer only has a couple dozen copycat apps. I checked some of the reviews. Mostly they look legitimate. Many were one-star but obviously wrong, blaming the developer because the user didn't know how to use the LaunchPad. That one reviewer only has 3 review and they are years apart.

I hate to tell you this, but in the context of the Mac App Store, this developer is really top-tier - the cream of the crop. Most are much, much worse.

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