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in the Amazone
My phone has been ringing a lot lately. It seems that there has been a surge of interest in a subject I blogged about last spring. You might recall that I was wondering about some of the top customer reviewers over at Amazon.com. In particular, I was curious about their top reviewer, the mysterious Harriet Klausner.
I wrote a number of posts about these top Amazon reviewers. You can read them by clicking on my blog category IN THE AMAZONE. I got a call today from a reporter with a national broadcast network. She wanted to know more about Harriet. What can I say? OK, I told her what I thought on that subject….
I think that reporter’s piece will air next week. I’ll let you know when I find out more details.
It has taken some time for this story to get noticed. One never knows what one will find IN THE AMAZONE.
Vick Mickunas
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By Barbara Delaney
February 9, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this
Vick, I tried in vain to contact that same reporter. I had hopes after Arts and Letters Daily picked up the Slate piece, (in which you were mentioned),the Amazon Reviewer Scandal would draw more attention. Immediately after the Slate piece was published there was a noticeable change in voting patterns on top reviewers Amazon sites. Those so-called “top” reviewers whose every review had been instantly gaining over one hundred helpful votes suddenly was receiving a much more credible couple of dozen votes. Meanwhile Harriet Klausner marches on with her mistake riddled reviews, she has even done the seemingly impossible, she reviewed a book which had not been written. Nothing stops Harriet.By dying to know
February 9, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
so, what is the story here?!