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Re:Tell HN: Amazon.com is limiting purchases of Audio CDs to... by rgavuliak on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:08AM (#31166007)
You say Amazon is incentivized to sell you more stuff, but this case clearly says they care more about objective ratings than about sales :)
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Re:Tell HN: Amazon.com is limiting purchases of Audio CDs to... by Closi on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @08:47AM (#31166797)
I don't think that logically follows :)

If Amazon had a ratings black box, they would not be incentivised to be fair with it.

But a simple-to-understand ratings system may help sales more than an untrustworthy-black-box calculated rating (particularly considering reviews are about trust).

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Re:Tell HN: Amazon.com is limiting purchases of Audio CDs to... by nisegami on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @08:58AM (#31166911)
I feel like the returns are the problem here.
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