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A harassment campaign on Goodreads

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270 points ilamont | 1 comments | 06 Jan 20 20:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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jshevek ◴[06 Jan 20 21:17 UTC] No.21973409[source]▶
Some people are trying to battle against negative fake reviews by posting positive fake reviews. It's not clear to me that they are as morally superior as they evidently believe.

Edit: The solution is to fix the voting system, not to abuse it further because you believe you are virtuous.

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matsemann ◴[06 Jan 20 21:25 UTC] No.21973504[source]▶
I hope you see the difference between fake praise and harrassment.

"Both sides are wrong" doesn't mean they are equally bad.

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1. jshevek ◴[06 Jan 20 21:31 UTC] No.21973560[source]▶
That's why I used relative language such as "as morally superior as they evidently believe"

Edit: If someone is caught posting fake positive reviews to boost a rating[1], that doesn't make it okay to post fake negative reviews 'to fight the good fight'.

[1] As opposed to impugning someone's character via impersonation, as appears to be happening here