“I was hoping this would blow over but since the death threats have started I have decided to address it.”
confused supporters of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump
Interesting tautology there.
Well, these Trump supporters are sure doing a good job of showing why the florist in TN needed to bar them from entry.
Shouldn’t take reviews from people who’ve never visited or ordered anything from a shop.
Software designer here. Quick question on the spec. How do you want us to validate that?
if visited == truenext
Unethically invasive data
Public toilets with stool analyzers.
Totally invasive idea here but just spitballing.
Take a photo at the location, upload photo so that EXIF data can be used to geolocate you at the business you are reviewing. Photo doesnt have to be used in the review, just as a passkey to verify you were St least present at the place you were reviewing at least once.
Cons: faking EXIF data let’s people review places they never went to, sharing a photo with a horde of review bombers so they can all upload it and still reviewbomb the place
Fun thought experiment.
Good enough. What percentage of the population do you figure has even heard of EXIF, let alone how to spoof it? And of those, who would go to the trouble for a fake review?
“Hey fellow believers, use this image for verification so we can review Jim’s Unrelated Entity we’re currently harassing! FB doesn’t want you to have this image so go to X!”
and I never had to explain EXIF to my horde of undedicated monsters.
Presently probably not a huge amount, but its an easy thing to disseminate once it’s figured out.
You could keep a hash of a photos EXIF data so that the same photo can’t be used for two different reviews, to prevent spamming, but that’s a whole other set of questions and problems to build a solution for storing that.
It’d be a fun problem to work on, but wouldn’t ever be 100% secure from exploitation. Might be a fun weekend project to get a proof of concept working.
Ask in a stern voice if they’re sure they were really there?
Qr code in the location, you have to scan it to post a review. Your phone keeps track of the last years worth of lcation qr codes, and you have automatic permission to review anything youve already reviewed.
OTP
In the days since the owner of Memphis-based Everbloom Design…
Holy shit! She’s local. I’m going to pay a visit to support my local businesses.
Trump-supporting hateful dumbasses, more like.
As dumb as blocks of wood and not nearly as useful.
Of course they do. They have now become Scientology.
