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Old 07-18-2015, 12:13 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post
I totally agree with your assessment, and I will add this:

There's way too much incestuous cronyism involved, along with the back-slapping 'good ole boy [girl]' mentally going on when it comes to reviews posted on Amazon. It needed to stop, and Amazon has finally done something proactive about it.

I say, "Good for you, Amazon, and thank you for keeping an eye out on these bottom-breeding 'pay-me-and-I'll favorably-review-your-product' scammers.

And I will add this: "And Gramma just loves your new book."

It's a complete illusion. They will guess wrong, they will stop some valid reviewers from bothering and they will not improve the reviews that are out there. I don't even have a problem with them spinning their wheels and giving people the illusion that they care--but I do have an issue with them trolling the web and mining private details (or trying to guess about details). It's not necessary--because it adds nothing.
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