# \[AMZ\] Amazon introduces Consult-a-Friend, a new mobile experience **URL:** \ **Category:** Amazon Announcements\ **Tags:** amazon-announcement, social-commerce\ **Created:** [October 20, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505 "2023-10-20T12:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/1 "2023-10-20T12:23:57Z")
#### Amazon introduces Consult-a-Friend, a new mobile experience that lets you ask your friends for advice while you shop > **[Amazon introduces Consult-a-Friend, a new mobile experience that lets you ask...](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-mobile-shopping-experience)** > > Consult-a-Friend is the latest feature to make shopping on Amazon more social and collaborative. šŸ˜¬ The only thing _as a Seller_ that makes me wary of participatingā€“either by soliciting opinions from my friends or by responding, or even just getting a queryā€“is that Iā€™m afraid Amazon will collect these data and ā€œlinkā€ me to the accounts of any friends who might currently, previously, or in future sell on Amazon, and get their account suspended. (As a _Buyer_ā€¦Amazon knows too much about me already. They donā€™t need to know who my trusted friends are, too.) ---
**Author:** ![joebcrafts](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/joebcrafts/32/488_2.png) [@joebcrafts](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/joebcrafts)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/2 "2023-10-20T12:28:26Z")
WTF. Does everything need to be ā€œsocialā€ through ā€œappsā€? Whatā€™s next, consult a friend about your stool while you box up your Cologuard sample? ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/3 "2023-10-20T12:35:38Z")
> [@joebcrafts](#): > > while you box up your Cologuard sample I think @ASV_Vites shared this originallyā€¦ ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mu12X2cu6Y0/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mu12X2cu6Y0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque #WoodyHarrelson #snl ---
**Author:** ![wadeorcas](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/wadeorcas/32/6762_2.png) [@wadeorcas](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/wadeorcas)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/4 "2023-10-20T12:36:08Z")
> [@joebcrafts](#): > > Whatā€™s next, consult a friend about your stool while you box up your Cologuard sample? Thanks for reminding me. Iā€™ve been procrastinating sending mine in. ---
**Author:** ![ASV\_Vites](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/asv_vites/32/48_2.png) [@ASV\_Vites](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/ASV_Vites)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/5 "2023-10-20T15:14:32Z")
Just make sure nobody is watching youā€¦ LOL ---
**Author:** ![Thelunatick](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/thelunatick/32/6233_2.png) [@Thelunatick](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Thelunatick)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/6 "2023-10-20T15:24:16Z")
Well they started it with sellers only they called it forums. ---
**Author:** ![selg](https://sellersasksellers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@selg](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/selg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/7 "2023-10-21T21:24:19Z")
Amazon is apparently trying to become more like Tik-Tok (about which I know almost nothing): [https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-tiktok-online-shopping-rivals-5bf902c2?st=1zp5g1mmros77i9&reflink=share\_mobilewebshare](https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-tiktok-online-shopping-rivals-5bf902c2?st=1zp5g1mmros77i9&reflink=share_mobilewebshare) ---
**Author:** ![lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/lake/32/66_2.png) [@lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/lake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/8 "2023-10-22T19:08:14Z")
What a wonderful way to avoid responsibility for even the most minor life choice - collective responsibility, I have no sympathy for those folks who get run down by vehicles with their phones in the hands, so I expect to be immune to these effects. ---
**Author:** ![packetfire](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/packetfire/32/4111_2.png) [@packetfire](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/packetfire)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/9 "2023-11-09T23:49:17Z")
> [@papy](#): > > (As a _Buyer_ā€¦Amazon knows too much about me already. They donā€™t need to know who my trusted friends are, too.) My buyer account is rarely used anymore, so via strategic queries, I have them convinced that I am a black, Chinese, lesbian, unwed mother who majors in English Lit at Boston University. ---
**Author:** ![VTR](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/vtr/32/14279_2.png) [@VTR](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/VTR)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/10 "2023-11-10T16:43:30Z")
> [@papy](#): > > (As a _Buyer_ā€¦Amazon knows too much about me already. They donā€™t need to know who my trusted friends are, too.) Haha the joke is on Amazon, I donā€™t have friendsā€¦ Oh wait ā˜¹ šŸ¤£ šŸ¤£ šŸ¤£ ---
**Author:** ![GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GGX](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/GGX)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/11 "2023-11-10T17:01:20Z")
Thatā€™s ok, you can talk to GPT ![image](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d4c45ed208059bf7cf5e67033dc9e44b37a1d38a.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a4c9a465996187fefc1926a322b0daaa0b4ea9d8.png) [@system](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/amz-amazon-introduces-consult-a-friend-a-new-mobile-experience/2505/12 "2024-02-08T17:02:05Z")
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