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  • eBay Killed the Auction Business

    It may be true that eBay's auction business is waning. It is not because consumers lost interest. eBay chose some years ago to emulate Amazon.com rather than innovate: stick to and exploit its core business. It introduced fixed priced listings and eBay stores. It tweaked its ''finding'' methods so much that even hard core eBayers like me prefer ...
    Posted to Moneybox by artzncrafts on July 19, 2008

  • Looking out for Grady...

    The internet is a powerful tool in bringing many more points of view to the world. And yet, we need a way to process all these new opinions. Ironic indeed that we actually seem to be in danger of reinforcing our own beliefs because we can fill up our RSS and alerts with things we already believe in, rather than different points of view. We do ...
    Posted to Culturebox by jamiemacnab on March 13, 2008

  • Disinterested amateur

    I love my new status as a member of a murky demimonde (any demimonde). Well, maybe it's not so murky down at rank 80. But what is meant by 'disinterested amateur'? I'm actually quite passionate about books. I'd never label myself 'disinterested' although I try for 'honest.'
    Posted to Culturebox by Elaine Lovitt on January 25, 2008

  • so, did you remove his review?

    even if the reviews are b.s., it still feels nice to receive a good one, huh?
    Posted to Culturebox by effinglibrarian on January 24, 2008

  • synchronicity

    has anyone else noted how nicely this dovetails with Saturday's Undercover Economist, ''How Facebook Is Like Ikea They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it.''? http://www.slate.com/id/2182149/
    Posted to Culturebox by gzuckier on January 23, 2008

  • Re: The REAL problem with Amazon reviews

    I can 100% confirm what Lisa K has described. My main amazon.com review account has listed as high as a top 500 reviewer, but these days I have pretty much sworn off contributing to Amazon.com content due to the wide-spread Amazon-enabled and promoted abuse of their review system. While I have had negative reviews be posted and remain on the ...
    Posted to Culturebox by AmazonTop500Reviewer on January 23, 2008

  • The REAL problem with Amazon reviews

    The real problem is that anyone can write any review, under any name, and say anything, and Amazon doesn't care. And when someone (me) tries to tell Amazon that the review that calls a book ''groundbreaking,'' etc., was written by the author himself under a pseudonym, and the book happens to be anything but and from a vanity press, the author can ...
    Posted to Culturebox by Lisa K. on January 23, 2008