On May 22, 2006, at 1:46 PM, authfriend wrote:
> > Yeah I saw that. Amazon's rating system is notoriously manipulated
> > to people who want to trash books, which in some cases they've not
> > even read.
>
> Manipulated how, and by whom? Seems unlikely that Amazon
> itself would do this, given that books that are well
> reviewed are probably going to sell more copies.
By people holding opinions on the topics involved. You don't have to
buy the book to leave a review on Amazon. You don't even have to own
the book.
For example, several of the popular works on Afrocentrism which were
long ago discredited by historians as well as by recent discoveries
are given bad reviews by some historians, but Afrocentrists will post
dozens of posts to boost the book. The same can happen with negative
reviews on controversial topics.
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