Pro@programming.dev to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 个月前Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.blog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down12cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkMozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.blog.mozilla.orgPro@programming.dev to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 个月前message-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareKarna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 个月前Mozilla should make Fakepost source code open-source so that people (with right hardware) can self-host it.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前Seriously. If they’re not even interested in making money off it anymore then why not?
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前If it’s open source how easy will it be for others then to game the system?
minus-squaremoonpiedumplings@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前There are open source tools for analyzing if github stars are fake, and they work reliably. The kind of people that fake reviews/stars target are not the kind of people that are going to be verifying things. As long as Amazon doesn’t crack down, there isn’t really a need to game the system.
Mozilla should make Fakepost source code open-source so that people (with right hardware) can self-host it.
Seriously. If they’re not even interested in making money off it anymore then why not?
If it’s open source how easy will it be for others then to game the system?
There are open source tools for analyzing if github stars are fake, and they work reliably.
The kind of people that fake reviews/stars target are not the kind of people that are going to be verifying things.
As long as Amazon doesn’t crack down, there isn’t really a need to game the system.