Hell Is Other People on Amazon

Kelly writes “This article is an enjoyable little rant about observing the “mental worlds”, which is Hell, of other people via Amazon book reviews. The author believes this effort will be good for us, and we better do it soon, because, as he says,`Amazon’s remarkable venture in practical free speech is ending. In the nineties, before America’s dullard consensus had really gotten the hang of this internet thing, there really was a time when you could post honest reviews on Amazon. That’s over. First they did away with swearing and libel — the very mainstays of critical prose. Then they started insisting that reviewers use their real names, taking all the fun out of impersonating your enemies and plugging your own books.’ Learn how to go to Hell here: http://www.exile.ru/2005-March-11/hell_is_other_pe ople_on_amazon.html“

February 22, 2007 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Jaclyn_McKewan says:
    February 22, 2007 at 11:44 pm

    “Report this” buttons
    Just a comment on the “report this” buttons. They aren’t new – they’ve been around for at least a year or so. In some cases, I think they can be useful – not for censorship, but to remove errors or spam. I used the button once when I came across a review that wasn’t really a review – it was just a paragraph full of random phrases and gibberish. I clicked on the reviewer’s name and found that he was a brand new Amazon member and had posted about a dozen of these paragraphs in the reviews for various books and videos, so I reported the first one.

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