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jshevek ◴[] 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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danShumway ◴[] No.21973725[source]
Yes, but:

> The solution is to fix the voting system

How do the people posting positive fake reviews do that? They're responding to fake reviews in the only way they can, by offsetting them. Yes, there's a better solution that Goodreads can implement, but only Goodreads can implement it; not any of the commenters you criticize here.

Since they can't fix the voting system, and absent any motivation from Goodreads to fix it, is it really bad for them to respond the best way they can using the only tools they have available? After all, if the voting system is widely abused by everyone to the point where it becomes a dumpster fire, maybe that will force Goodreads to care.

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1. jshevek ◴[] No.21973770[source]
What is the morally correct action if fake positive reviews outnumber fake negative reviews?

Should we then post more fake negative reviews to offset the fake positive reviews?