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Re:Amazon Posts Another Blockbuster Profit by blawson on Thursday July 28, 2016 @09:53PM (#12184577)
Trusting reviewers gets really complicated quickly, as someone I trust to evaluate what makes a good blender might really hate that genre of books I enjoy.
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Re:Amazon Posts Another Blockbuster Profit by JustSomeNobody on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:20AM (#12186079)
Indeed. It would be a slow process, but over time, as you buy items, you select reviewers to follow who share your likes for the various items.

And it being a "social" thing, there's nothing stopping you from reaching out and having a conversation with reviewers.

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Re:Amazon Posts Another Blockbuster Profit by nommm-nommm on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:16AM (#12186054)
Having a system with trusted reviewers is even easier to game as well.
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Re:Amazon Posts Another Blockbuster Profit by JustSomeNobody on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:23AM (#12186088)
No doubt. I mean trust is an aspect of any con, right?

Still, I would at least like to see something like what I mentioned tried.

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