Amazon purges book reviews Dec 23, 2012 17:16:01 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Lily on Dec 23, 2012 17:16:01 GMT -5 I'm in favour of this. As it stood before anyone who disliked a particular author had carte blanche to write scathing reviews about a book out of spite. Or, an author's friends and family could write dozens of glowing reviews. Either way, this was not a good idea.www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/technology/amazon-book-reviews-deleted-in-a-purge-aimed-at-manipulation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0