Sentences with phrase «friends stack the deck»
I'm not the only one who's learned not to trust Amazon reviews because too many authors have their friends stack the deck.
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They won't have any reason to couch their review in nice language or (if they suspect the deck of reviews was stacked with friends and family) restrain from attacking the author directly.
Either way, unless you're stacking the deck with friends, family or fans (none of which are recommended if you plan on having them review on Amazon, given their stringent rules about reviewer bias and affiliation), you may end up with at least a few unfavorable reviews.
Whether they stack the deck on funding, or give a pass on paper reviews, or gloss over their friends» failings, or use public, ad hominem attacks on people that have a different view... to people like Gleick these things are acceptable, even noble, because they are trying to save the world.