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review bomb

review bomb noun: a deluge of negative user reviews.

Noun

review bomb (plural review bombs)

  1. (Internet) A deluge of negative user reviews.
    • The phenomenon of Review Bomb can be seen as a particular case of spam attack where users publish, in a short time span, fake or misleading reviews on specific products, brands or services, with the aim of discrediting or promoting these.2022, Oscar Bernardes, Vanessa Amorim, António Carrizo Moreira, editors, Handbook of Research on Cross-Disciplinary Uses of Gamification in Organizations, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 340

Verb

review bomb (third-person singular simple present review bombs, present participle review bombing, simple past and past participle review bombed)

  1. (Internet) To give something a deluge of negative user reviews.
    • For one well-known example, the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters was massively review bombed before the film had even been released, with a good part of the downvoting coming from men who objected to the remake's all-female cast.2021, Donald A. Barclay, chapter 4, in Disinformation: The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-truth Era, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 110
    • Lincoln Michel, the author of the sci-fi novel “The Body Scout,” said he fears his books might get review bombed if he tangles with people online.2023 June 26, Alexandra Alter, Elizabeth A. Harris, “How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of review bomb

Noun
pluralreview bombs
Verb
third-person singular presentreview bombs
present participlereview bombing
past participlereview bombed
pastreview bombed

Questions about review bomb

What does review bomb mean?
Review bomb means a deluge of negative user reviews.
What part of speech is review bomb?
Review bomb can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of review bomb?
The plural of review bomb is review bombs.

Words near review bomb in the dictionary

  1. revied
  2. revies
  3. review
  4. review article
  5. review articles
  6. review bomb
  7. review bombed
  8. review bombing
  9. review bombs
  10. review copies
  11. review copy

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