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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
But reviews may not be sufficient. Consider the state of Amazon.com, where reviews might be glowing praise posted by the author or the author's sock puppets, and not actual comment by satisfied readers.
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Seriously, that is not a problem in real life. Some people post fake good reviews. A bunch of people get the book based on those reviews, feel ripped off, and post scathing bad reviews. There's no way a handful of fakers can keep up with the torrent of bad reviews that will come.
In my experience, the average of online reviews for a given product or store have predicted very accurately how satisfied I am with that product or store. I have learned through direct experience to put a lot of trust in those reviews (except where the number of reviews is very small). The only people who are saying online reviews can't be trusted have an separate agenda. I think in your case it's clear that your agenda is to keep the big publishers in business.