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Amazon allow readers to post their thoughts on a given book. J.D. Lasica posted his review of Mindjack (by Dan Gillmor), only to find out that Amazon yanked his writing immediately.
So instead of an informed review that places the contents of the book in context, they'd rather have ramblings such as: "I looked up what the author had to say about chat rooms, Yahoo!, free speech, etc. and was always amazed to find merely a sequence of vacuous ramblings offering nothing new. I find it even difficult to write a critical review because there is almost nothing to here to criticize."
Which would nicely capture the reason why I don't bother with the reviews on Amazon in the slightest.
Thanks to Wendy for the tip.
Posted by Casper at August 26, 2004 01:38 AM