Can Users Solve The Review Bombing Issues On Goodreads?
about 5 months ago (12/18/2023)
Goodreads asks users to help combat 'review bombing' : NPR Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Goodreads asks users to help combat 'review bombing' Posting a torrent of fake negative book reviews — sometimes before a book is out or has even been written — is a known problem on the literary social media site. Book News & Features Goodreads has a 'review bombing' problem — and wants its users to help solve it December 17, 2023 8:00 AM ET By Jim Zarroli Enlarge this image Amazon-owned Goodreads makes little effort to verify users, and critics say this enables a practice known as review-bombing, in which a book is flooded with negative reviews, often from fake accounts, in an effort to bring down a its rating, sometimes for reasons having nothing to do with the book's contents. Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Becky Harlan/NPR Amazon-owned Goodreads makes little effort to verify users, and critics say this enables a practice known as review-bombing, in which a book is flooded with negative reviews, often from fake accounts, in an effort to bring down a its rating, sometimes for reasons having nothing to do with the book's contents.