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Originally Posted by Catlady
So who's acting all entitled now? Your main issue seems to be that when you are searching for a book, you might have to take a few extra moments to read a review rather than just count the number of stars. Gee, what a hardship.
How can you presume to know what other protests/boycotts people engage in? Talk about snarky!
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I was being a bit snarky, and aggressive. It was benevolent, but such tone can get out of hand on forums. I don't doubt that the people protesting (at least the ones in this thread), are sincere and decent folks who express their concerns for various worthwhile issues. I hope they do.
Sometimes when looking at a book, I'll scroll through the "other people bought such and such" list, looking for new stuff. All I see is a book cover and a rating. I don't always check out every single one and I only have so much money to spend, so yes, books with high star ratings are more likely to catch my eye. Not exclusively, but more likely.
Customers can see the price; the review, especially the star rating that shows up in search results, is intended to enlighten them via your experience with the book of things not evident that you feel may affect their enjoyment. imo. I feel that using it as a pulpit for preaching about price creates a distortion of the rating's spirit. If the star rating could be opted out of, I would say post away. Post in all caps. Use exclamation marks. Call the publishers fat. Have at it.
When the price dropped, how many people went back and changed their rating? If their rating was based on the price, a 20% improvement would be worth an extra star, aye? If price is enough to give a good book a 1 star rating,
would you give 4-5 stars to book you thought was bad, because it's cheap? Hence, the problem with price-based "review" of books. Just my humble opinion.