Did you not read the part of the thread where authors are already reporting abuse of this system to harass them? The problem is Amazon just lets anyone flag an

Did you not read the part of the thread where authors are already reporting abuse of this system to harass them? The problem is Amazon just lets anyone flag an eBook. It treats these random flaggings as signal to downgrade the book, directly costing the author sales. The primary function of the system from Amazon’s POV is to keep costs down, meaning no customer service is required. Taken in that light it makes sense.