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Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated

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97 points healsdata | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 11:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.244s | source
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SkipperCat ◴[25 Jun 25 12:37 UTC] No.44376588[source]▶
I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but most if the Internet should not be anonymous. Anonymity has led to bots, awful cases of trolling and abuse. There should definitely be ways to communicated peer-to-peer anonymously, but posting on Social Media should not be one of them.
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1. TheCondor ◴[25 Jun 25 14:34 UTC] No.44377812[source]▶
I don’t know if it’s the whole internet but what about a company or service that did this? The benchmark to a review on Amazon and Goodreads is really low. It seems like we want/need the Costco model where you pay a fee to take part and then maybe the product inventory is more curated and reviews are attached to real authentic buyers.

Counterfeit goods on Amazon is a meme, everyone knows. There are YouTube channels that make a sport of it. Once the market just accepts that, it seems impossible to elevate something like reviews