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RIP: Prolific Amazon Customer Reviewer Harriet Klausner (1952-2015) (teleread.com)
Robotech_Master writes: Prolific Amazon customer reviewer Harriet Klausner passed away last week at the age of 67. Klausner was a controversial figure: She never gave anything a negative review, her review blurbs cast doubt on how closely she actually read what she reviewed, and received dozens of free books per week (which ended up resold on Half.com via her son's account). Nonetheless, for a time she was one of the most recognizable names to any frequent Amazon.com customer; it was rare to come across any popular title that didn't have a Klausner review.
Not many reviewers have ever inspired snarky sites tracking their contributions.
I am confused, doesn't 2015-1952=63 and not 67? Am I missing something here?
She pretty much exemplifies today's online reviewer culture.
I don't read reviews thinking about the reviewers by name specifically. I guess if you are interested in reviews of the content of a book, things may be different, in order to know if the reviewer shares your interests you may have to follow them and get to know them. Book reviews are not a review of the book, they are a review of the content of the book. Broke in 3 days, did not fit, it was the wrong color etc do not apply.
She stated in an interview that she did it for lesser known authors who lacked a publicity machine behind them; so that machine she became. Quite a noble thing to do in your spare time, which she, apparently, had quite a bit of.
I mean, I get it. News for nerds has gone downhill. Amazon troll reviewers can be funny/useful.
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But seriously is there any reason for this to register on a site like
She's an obscure hero/villain, of course this story belongs on Slashdot. The question is whether you do.
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Man, I didn't think they'd go that far!
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Your silence about all the MEN posting fake reviews says it all. Come and see the bias inherent in the system!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Maybe that's how she was able to read so many books.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
And? He never said you should care, you stupid fuck.
But they could be a liberal and care about everyone...you moron.
I would write a comment, but it would be a review of a review of a reviewer. If this confuses you, perhaps you should review.
What's the expression? Ah, yes:
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Well designed and highest quality. Would read again.
Spam the Amazon book reviews with tons of reviews -> receive lots of free books as a result of that spamming -> sell the free books -> $$$
Well, frankly, no matter how repugnant the person was, publicly slamming an obscure person after they're dead and have no chance of defending themselves seems reasonably petty. Given how vehement Robotech_Master is on the subject, one has to wonder how she personally offended him (note: this is rhetorical, no one but RM cares).
Don't Hate the Playa. Hate the Game.
I am a frequent Amazon user and often read the reviews but I've never heard of this person.
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Looking forward to the many eulogies to be delivered by strangers who did not actually attend her funeral.
and it was rejected. I don't know why. It was honest, objective, non-inflammatory. Just a boring review of how something broke in he first 3 months of lighter than typical usage (stopped working, no warranty).
The reason given for the rejection was that it did not talk about the product directly. I said it worked fine until it stopped working and questioned the build quality. I stopped writing bad reviews after that, not that I've had another bad or defective product.
I noticed on other sites many people have said the same thing that I did in my review. Amazon did however send me a replacement (of a different brand).
'liberals' don't give a shit about anyone. They are weak parasite frauds. If they 'cared' they would pay for their 'caring' themselves, instead they 'vote' for others to pay. Same for fake 'conservatives' who allow fraud 'government' to dictate others pay for parasites. the left/right bs is jew meme bs. Who owns you.
- thezog.info - note most comments on main page are jew trolls, mikrosht page covers up gates who's obvious jew but see all pages at right, also top of main page 'required reading' page, bottom half of list copy articles from vnn. don't waste time at vnn, also run by jews. just see pages.
http://corruptico.com/2014/09/30/jewish-bill-gates-crypto-jew-pseudo-christian/
page starts with religion bs but goes to genetic facts/racial. other pages at site have some irrelevant disinfo 'satan lucifer' jew psy ops bs. The 'jeesus' 'satan' stories bs made up by jews so idiots 'obey' and 'turn the other cheek' instead of fight back as jews take it all. The jew's controls are their phony religions and 'government'. Jews are a Race - http://web.archive.org/web/20100825152627/http://jewishfaces.com/banking.html -see all pages at top. holo fraud - https://archive.org/details/TheLeuchterReport - ingore links 'more reading' bs, they dump extra bs to waste time, there is not time, just see Leuchter report, also -
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/Auschwitz.htm
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/Hopie_ike.htm
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/810dresden_primary.htm
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/81murder_incorporated.htm
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/Coure_d_Arlene.htm
http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/False_Flags_summary.htm
http://jewishcrimenetworkdid911.blogspot.com/
For decades they've been making lab viruses to kill other races, nordic whites, and so their race isn't affected. newworldwar.org/chemical.htm - ignore notes at bottom, skip rest of site.
holodomorinfo.com - see pages, don't waste time on videos, most all 'jew truther' sites run by them so you 'follow' and don't do anything to stop them.
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Very very good work in the research in one of the links but the conclusion is lacking 2 things. It looks to me that she reviewed the books and decided not to post any review for ones she would have given a negative review for. Probably just her personality. And the FCC law is geared at getting direct money for giving false reviews. In this case, her son sold the books and the profit was extremely low (don't forget shipping costs... it looks like the profit may have been minuscule per book). And the work involved in reviewing (I have done it pro bono) is not easy, I would not call getting advanced copies and selling the book at bargain prices getting paid for an endorsement especially if she does not endorse every book she reviews. Even writing a quick review like she appears to have done, would be barely covered by selling the pre release book after completion.
Still the investigative work up till the conclusion of the article is impressive and well done.
What kind of dope reads amazon reviews anyway. Anyone with a brain knows most are total bullshit.
To be fair, they can be quite funny.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it