Whil, > > How does eBay deal with it? I rarely use eBay myself, but occasional
> > use and talk with people who sell stuff there all suggest the system > > does work. My feeling is that the success of such an undertaking is a > > matter of design, implementation and administration - and since eBay > > has the basic mechanics, their system comes to mind. I'd be surprised > > if the folks at eBay haven't already thought of this. > > > I first thought of the Amazon comments, which most authors know can be a > huge joke. There is a small subset of authors who work harder at gaming > the system than at writing their book.... writing multiple reviews of > their book under various aliases, giving every review a "5+".... and > other authors who will go to their competitors pages and > slash and burn. I happen to think this is an interesting subject, but going any further with it jumps into OT-land, so have to stop here. Bill > Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
