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Re:Goodreads Has No Incentive to Be Good by seventhson on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:35AM (#36533755)
Require reviews to show a substantial understanding of what the book was about? That means moderation which is always dangerous but probably better than the alternative.
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Re:Goodreads Has No Incentive to Be Good by prepend on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:58AM (#36534035)
If this worked I would like it, but I think it’s impossible to automate and validate. So I only imagine an implementation being worse than nothing as mods tried to arbitrarily approve items.

I think this would make people who like specific books be willing to spend time moderating and they would reject negative reviews so everything would be 5 stars.

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