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Re:Amazon changes its review policy by FireBeyond on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:02PM (#15923984)
For sure, the other typical 'long reviewers' are the 'Vine hopefuls'. People trying to build a reputation for good / helpful reviews so they can get 'free stuff' from the Vine program (where Amazon sends you products, ostensibly 'on (indefinite) loan') to review.
Re:Amazon changes its review policy by slantyyz on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:18PM (#15924141)
>> ostensibly 'on (indefinite) loan') to review.

They're yours to keep, although they reserve the right to ask you to send them back within 6 months (never happened with me). You can't give them away (you're expected to dispose/recycle them) and you're not allowed to post reviews of those products in other places, although I've seen that happen.