This happens with any and everything remotely contentious on Amazon. It's a default soapbox/battleground [0] for the Internet. Though, this certainly appears mo

This happens with any and everything remotely contentious on Amazon. It's a default soapbox/battleground [0] for the Internet. Though, this certainly appears more organized than the typical ranting. It's an interesting problem. I tend to think that Amazon is big enough now that they could require a purchase prior to review without facing a shortage of content. I'm guessing someone over there has calculated that the sale potential to creators and readers of unqualified reviews outweighs any negative impact they have. Allowing angry reviews against one view is a great sales opportunity for material supporting the opposing view. 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6092631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6092631