review bombing
Mass hostile ratings
Review bombing is the coordinated posting of negative reviews to damage a product's rating, typically by people who haven't used or experienced what they're reviewing.
It often targets video games, films, or businesses over controversies unrelated to quality—a company's political stance, casting decisions, or online disputes: The game got review bombed after the developer's tweet went viral.
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- brigadingOrganized mass harassment
- coordinated attackPlanned simultaneous military strike
- online mobCoordinated digital harassment group
- sockpuppetFake identity for deception
criticism · negative feedback · protest · pan · online community · score · cyberbullying · manipulation · bad faith · video games · movies · boycott · books · apps · slam · one star · disrupt · streaming platforms
- Online Activismhashtag activism, online petitions, social media activism, clicktivism, slacktivism
- Online Scandalscancel culture, doxxing, cyberbullying, online harassment, viral outrage
- online manipulationastroturfing, bots, bot farms, disinformation, fake news
- backlashbacklash, blowback, outcry, outrage, pushback
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
- reviewsrating, ratings, critic, critics, critique