I don't mind Amazon trying to crack down on this, but instead of
yanking the reviews, I would prefer them simply flag with something like, «This reviewer may have a relationship with the author.»
Then
they yanked reviews by reviewers I've never met, for good measure.
After hearing several author complaints about
yanked reviews, I decided to find out how did this happens.
Not exact matches
She pulls me down into the depths of spiritual life making me
review my beliefs — measuring for meaning and authenticity — while much of the rest of the world
yanks me along the top of it.
Total count of
yanked legitimate
reviews on Saving Grace: 3.
You also know how frustrating it is to pull up Amazon and see your
reviews have been
yanked.
When a
review, or several, is
yanked, I know it's tempting to accuse Amazon of a nefarious plot to sabotage your hard work.
I doubt they would
yank positive
reviews on those books either.
Yup, two of the fans who had
reviews yanked said they bought the book on Amazon.
Jane - the binders full of woman
reviews are indeed entertaining, but you're right - hundreds of those fake
reviews on the site, and yet legit
reviews are being
yanked.
I'd rather see full - disclosure
reviews than have Amazon use secret rules to decide which
reviews to
yank.
As Penny Sansevieri wrote here last year, Amazon has become more aggressive about
yanking reader
reviews it deems dodgy.
If you've ever had a
review yanked off of Amazon you know how frustrating that can be.
Today, Terrierman notes a lot of positive changes that are taking place, including Pedigree
yanking their sponsorship of the Crufts dog show, the BBC no longer airing the show, and the Australian Kennel Club Announcing they will be
reviewing all of their breed standards to reflect a policy more focused on the health of the animals.
While Line of Defense was on Steam for a while, Smart
yanked it from the platform in April 2016 due to what he claimed was «
review bombing» by critics.
(Google recently had to
yank many of the user
reviews it pulled over from sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor, Search Engine Land points out, after those companies complained.)
About a month after our
review, the app was suddenly
yanked from the...