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I'm madder than an old wet hen. This morning I got an email from Amazon stating I had been blocked from leaving reviews. I spend a lot of money each year buying books and products from Amazon and try to review as many as I can. I've always been thorough and honest in my opinions and give reasons why my review is either a positive or negative one.
In recent months, my negative reviews ( 3 star or less increased (especially for books I've read as most have been very poorly written). Their AI has detected this so now Amazon has blocked me from leaving any reviews at all.
IMO this negates their entire review system. You're seeing only what Amazon wants you to see. This is a real disservice to the buyers of their products. If they don't want honest reviews, why do they have a review system at all.....other than to get buyers to spend money on bad books or products.
Really no sweat off my back. I can spend that time drinking a margarita under my shade tree. But you can bet Amazon hasn't blocked me from BUYING. But now that I know their review system can't be believed to be impartial to both sellers and buyers, on principal alone they won't be seeing as many purchases from me. I know my business won't be missed but in the long run I'll be saving money because I rarely order without tacking on things I really don't need.
In recent months, my negative reviews ( 3 star or less increased (especially for books I've read as most have been very poorly written). Their AI has detected this so now Amazon has blocked me from leaving any reviews at all.
IMO this negates their entire review system. You're seeing only what Amazon wants you to see. This is a real disservice to the buyers of their products. If they don't want honest reviews, why do they have a review system at all.....other than to get buyers to spend money on bad books or products.
Really no sweat off my back. I can spend that time drinking a margarita under my shade tree. But you can bet Amazon hasn't blocked me from BUYING. But now that I know their review system can't be believed to be impartial to both sellers and buyers, on principal alone they won't be seeing as many purchases from me. I know my business won't be missed but in the long run I'll be saving money because I rarely order without tacking on things I really don't need.
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Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8655i9-10900 10 core 20 threads32 gbnone-Intel UHD Graphics 630- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8655
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- Dell Optiplex 7080
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Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26200.8457AMD Ryzen 7 6800U32 gbintegrated- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2 26200.8457
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- Benq 27
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- 1TB Crucial nvme
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- still too embarrassed to tell
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- Firefox
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- Defender
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