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Originally Posted by JSWolf
All the programmers have to do is make sure the book has been marked as read before allowing anyone to rate and that the book has been released and that the dates fall within the release date. That would solve most of the problem. Sure people could cheat the system, but they would have to wait until after the book was released.
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This has been done to death in the Goodreads feedback forums, and it's not going to change. Goodreads' stance has always been that the user alone gets to decide how and why they use stars. In addition, many many people on Goodreads read and review ARCs (I'm one of them), and stopping us from reviewing until after the release date would put a giant spanner in the works.
Bottom line is - why do you care? If you don't like a particular rating, or don't find it to be useful for your purposes, ignore it.