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Originally Posted by murraypaul
so calling it a swindle seems a little silly.
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But how else will we be able to advance to the "Amazon is the Devil" phase of the conversation?
As for why the details of the algorithm (or "rules" if you like) in question aren't spelled out explicitly; we've been down that road, too. Publicizing the details of such algorithms would play into the very hands of the real gamers/scammers such safeguards were put in place to protect against in the first place
Instead of angering the rare individual who happened to be using their system honestly--but in a way that they didn't foresee; they'd have thousands of people purposely scanning-to-the-end of the exact number of books that can checked-out without running afoul of safety mechanisms by people attempting to pimp their pages-read numbers to make more money.
It's a balancing act. And people are simply never going to be told exactly where the tipping point is.