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B&B HOME Paris Nord 18ème

Paris · France

B&B HOME Paris Nord 18ème

Punk Score
27% SHIT
High confidence 5,511 reviews
≈142 possibly bought
Could still be good with enough luck and social skills, but not inherently social
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Suspicious-review evidence ≈142 possibly bought

≈142 possibly bought · 1116 top-rated reviews scanned

Explain how it works

We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.

The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 1116 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 8.64. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.

This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.

  1. Confirmed paid 137 words 60%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review rating trying to explain to them everyday that we get a discount

    the size of the room was massive, which was such a pleasant surprise. there was also a microwave in the room which allowed us to warm up our leftover food, which was nice. it was also less than a 10 minute walk from franprix which was really nice and convenient the room was freezing, despite us setting the temperature to 30 degrees. i asked reception for a heater and after ignoring me for hours, they told me they didn’t have one. not all staff even knew about the parking validation so it was really frustrating trying to explain to them everyday that we get a discount for parking. the cleaner threw away my friends exfoliating glove whilst tidying up our room for no apparent reason, which was really weird. i wouldn’t stay here again to be honest

    United Kingdom
  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Localização

    Portugal
  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tout

    France
  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Merci

    France
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    I

    France
  6. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tout

    France
  7. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Great

    India
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    Good

    Ivory Coast
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    Excellent

    France
  10. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Todo

    Spain
  11. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tout

    France
  12. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Top

    Egypt
  13. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Top

    Egypt
  14. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Top

    Egypt
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    Top

    Egypt
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    Propre

    United States
  17. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Tutto

    Italy
  18. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Confortável

    Brazil
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    Exelent

    Morocco
  20. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Todo

    Peru
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    👌

    Belgium
  22. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Top

    France
  23. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Super

    Mali
  24. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Everything

    United Kingdom
  25. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    nice

    Belgium
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