Quote:
Originally Posted by odiakkoh
I guess I'm a bit naive but I didn't realize authors had rivalries. I wonder who the "rivals" of my favorite authors are.
|
Oh they certainly do. When Amazon started reviews, most of them were anonymous (which was a smart thing to do, since I think people were a lot less comfortable putting their name "out there" at the time...). Once there was a glitch where Amazon accidentally put usernames to anonymous reviews. It revealed a lot of author shilling and rivalries. Read and enjoy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/14/us...ted=all&src=pm
Nowadays, some say that Amazon should require names and/or require users to buy the product before they review. Both of these things would mean fewer reviews on Amazon, so instead Amazon chooses to tag reviews where people use their real name, and reviews where people have bought the product. You can look for those tags and decide for yourself if those reviews are worth more to you.
eP