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Originally Posted by HarryT

So this woman invented an entirely false story about having received death threats because she wasn't happy about a couple of poor reviews? Is that correct?

Definitely not an author I would ever buy from, if that is the case.

I don't know if she invented or distorted the story, but a lot of authors do such things, I'm not saying she is the case as I have not witnessed this situation, but a lot of authors request ratings and reviews to be disabled or deleted for one reason or another when the truth is they just dislike it and don't understand the rating system.

And what the people miss to understand is the GR does not only protect the users but the authors as well. It tries to act as bias as possible, in my personal opinion. If you attack someone they do not look if you are a reader or an author. And why would they. If they were in for the money only, would have they done this. Every time they make a ruling on a simple flag a similar escalation is possible. Another prove that GR doesn't care what people say and follows their own rules.

Also there have been so many similar situations, and none was so popular. So I guess she is very smart. People will now thing - Hm, is there a reason for this rating to be so low or is it GR bad people rating? So good for her, she is smart.