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BA - 3rd year Psychology - The most interesting info I learned this week

BA - Psychology This week's most interesting info actually has to do with marketing.  Did you know that businesses can purchase Google reviews that appear to be legit? Did you know that businesses can also purchase Amazon reviews? And because they send the product to each person doing the review, they show up as 'verified purchases.' Between shady reviews and deep fake videos, it's getting really hard to trust anything online.  Also, did you know that with AI generating website builders, you can have a full website built in less than 5 minutes. The AI will also create all the testimonials! So, even those aren't to be trusted. Relationship hack: Since Ads are tailored to our online activity as part of an algorithm, if you just met a person and want to know what they are about, just take a look at what kind of ads pop up. However, if they are like myself and have all those boxes about following my activity unchecked, then the results won't be that accurate. In Psy...