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Black Sails: Season 1 [Blu-ray]
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Amazon Reviews for  Black Sails: Season 1 [Blu-ray]
Rating:
2,639 Ratings
1,597 Reviews
("Ratings" vs. "Reviews")
37% of potentially unnatural reviews removed (why?)
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Last Updated: Jan 17, 2021
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 2,639 Ratings, we counted 1,597 Reviews available on their site.
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".

Report Card

Fail Overall Grade
FAIL Rating Trend
FAIL Unverified Purchases
FAIL Suspicious Reviewers
FAIL Overlapping Review History
FAIL Reviewer Participation
WARN Deleted Reviews
PASS Word Count Comparison
PASS Phrase Repetition
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Brand Repeats
PASS Incentivized Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews

Always looking for a good series. This isn't one of ... [Go to full review]
Jul 25, 2017      
100% TRUST
  • Verified Purchaser
  • Take-Back Reviewer (5 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 3.6)
  • Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.9)


Least Trusted Reviews

Don't know how good the show is. I bought the ... [Go to full review]
Feb 21, 2015      
0% TRUST
  • Unverified Purchaser
  • Created on a high volume day
  • Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
  • Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)


Analysis Details

Fail Rating Trend

  • 21%
  • Created over 48 days

We counted 1,597 reviews for this product over the span of 2,544 days, an average of 0.6 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 4 or fewer reviews on any given day.

However, we see the following 48 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 328 reviews were created on just 48 days. The reviews on these high volume days have rated this product an average of 4.4 while reviews from other days have rated this product an average of 4.0. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

from reviews created on high volume days

from reviews created on normal volume days


4.4
4.0


Read more about our Rating Trend test.

Fail Unverified Purchases

193 of the 1,597 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.3 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 4.2. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

from unverified purchasers

from verified purchases


3.3
4.2


Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.

Fail Suspicious Reviewers

One-Hit Wonders


73 of the 1,597 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 4.4 while the reviewers who have posted more than one review have rated this product an average of 4.0. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

from one-hit wonders

from reviewers with more than one review


4.4
4.0


Take-Back Reviewers


643 of the 1,597 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. While this is more Take-Back Reviewers than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.

from take-back reviewers

from reviewers without previously deleted reviews


4.0
4.1


Single-Day Reviewers


25 of the 1,597 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. The Single-Day reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.6 while all other reviewers rated this product an average of 4.1. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

from single-day reviewers

from non-single-day reviewers


4.6
4.1


Read more about our Suspicious Reviewers test.

Fail Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:

Does not include products
from the same brand


285 of the 1,597 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.2 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history rated this product an average of 4.0. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

from reviewers with substantial overlapping history

from reviewers without a substantial overlapping history


4.2
4.0


Read more about our Overlapping Review History test.

Fail Reviewer Participation

  • 30%
  • From reviewers with an overrepresented participation

We see the following 1 participation group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 482 reviewers (or 30%) are within an overrepresented participation group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.2, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 4.0. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.

From reviewers with an overrepresented participation

From reviewers with a properly represented participation


4.2
4.0


Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.

Warn Deleted Reviews

We discovered a total of 9 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.3. Even though deleted reviews don't affect the average rating, the fact that action was taken to delete reviews raises some red flags about the integrity of the reviews for the product as whole.

There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
  1. We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
  2. We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
  3. We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.
Read more about our Deleted Reviews test.

4.3 average rating of deleted reviews

4.3


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Pass Word Count Comparison

  • 0%
  • Have an overrepresented word count
We didn't find any review word count groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.

Pass Phrase Repetition
  • 0%
  • Used substantial repetitive phrases
0 of the 1,597 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Read more about our Phrase Repetition test.

Pass Reviewer Ease
The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 4.3, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.

4.3 Product's Average Ease Score

4.3 Category's Average Ease Score


4.3
4.3


Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.


Pass Brand Repeats

Brand Repeaters


218 of the 1,597 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from Brand Repeaters

from Non-Repeaters


4.6
4.0


Read more about our Brand Repeats test.

Pass Incentivized Reviews
On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.


1 of the 1,597 total reviews for this product admitted to receiving a free or discounted product in exchange for a review. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.

from incentivized reviews

from non-incentivized reviews


4.0
4.1


Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.