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		thebigshane on Aug 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Ratings Systems Don't Work That can be easily gamed as well. If you want to boost a rating for a book, mark all of the negative comments as not helpful... In fact, I see that happen on Amazon and Newegg a lot.

SilasX on Aug 22, 2012 [–]

They have a solution for that -- on Amazon (at least) to filter for the most helpful unfavorable reviews.

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