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Old 08-27-2008, 07:58 AM   #14
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I just posted a rebuttal to a post on the clunky Amazon Kindle forum that speculated that:

"My guess (also with zero evidence) is that Amazon added this feature to try and collect meaningful data about demand for Kindle books. But then certain people in this forum got together, created wish lists, and had everyone start clicking on everyone else's books, even though they didn't actually personally want to read the books. This irresponsible "ballot stuffing" made the data useless, so Amazon has abandoned it."

Another case of opening mouth (or is it keyboard?) and opining without any evidence. "Irresponsible 'ballot box stuffing' " Bullpucky! Long live the clicky list(s). ĦArriba los amantes del libros! To the barricades,mes amis! (Apologies to Zelda)
I think the person who made the comment you quoted does have a valid point, if his speculation is accurate. It doesn't really provide much meaningful data on which books are most wanted as eBooks if people are "stuffing the ballot box", so to speak.

Do you know whether or not this is occurring?
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