Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Book reviewers on Amazon dot com unmasked.

Feb 14, 2004 12:50PM PST
You just can't trust anything these days. I must confess this possibility had never occurred to me.

'Many sign their names. Many don't. They're the book reviewers on Amazon.com who use such words as "masterful," "page-turner" and "tear-jerker." But the ones who sign their critiques only as "a reader from (fill in the city)" lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian Web site.

Among those named were authors who posted glowing reviews of their own work, apparently to boost sales.'

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
(NT)Makes you wonder if was just a glitch, or someone in the know got ticked.
Feb 14, 2004 1:03PM PST

.

- Collapse -
Surprise? Surprise?? See my comment on similar in the mattress thread.
Feb 14, 2004 1:27PM PST

When at Amazon, CNET and some other sites with user comments, I spend more time reading the down comments instead.