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The enitlement mentality of Kindle readers

post #1 of 17
3/16/10 at 11:35pm
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So I was just wandering Amazon and checking out the reviews for Michael Lewis The Big Short and noticed a weird thing in the review section - it had 21 5 stars, 9 reviews in the 2-4 star range, and THIRTY 1 star reviews.

"Hmm, that's a bit odd; I wouldn't think this book would be so polarizing"

Checking out the one-star reviews, I noticed that TWO of the 31 actually come from people who've read the book.

The rest are whining because it isn't available for Kindle.

Are you kiddin' me? To me that seems to be twattish behavior, but will conceive of the possibility I'm missing something.
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post #2 of 17
3/16/10 at 11:37pm
I don't really have an opinion on this, but I do want to congratulate you on the thread title.
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post #3 of 17
3/16/10 at 11:46pm
Between the library, half.com (and the plethora of other used book sites), and my local used book store the Kindle has a long way to go to get me to buy it.
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post #4 of 17
3/16/10 at 11:53pm
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Originally Posted by GDog View Post
Between the library, half.com (and the plethora of other used book sites), and my local used book store the Kindle has a long way to go to get me to buy it.
I agree; I don't see the point in a Kindle at this time, but I would think that if someone LOVES TO READ they might not be opposed to stopping by the library at some point and picking it up. Some of the "green" Kindle users made comments along the lines of "I don't read paper books and waste trees" which is a good enough moral stance; of course, a library book is already extant, so the tree will be dead whether you check that book out or not.
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post #5 of 17
3/17/10 at 12:06am
Maybe I haven't been paying attention, I haven't heard the green argument being thrown out much for the kindle. I keep thinking of this
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post #6 of 17
3/17/10 at 12:09am
Also there are much better wastes of paper to organize against: office copiers/printers, paper towels, toilet paper. And the battery and plastics in the Kindle are definitely not helping the environment.
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post #7 of 17
3/17/10 at 12:10am
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Originally Posted by Troy Nixey View Post
Fair enough but they shouldn't take it out on the author. Write a damn letter to the publisher and Amazon but leave the poor writer out of it.
Oh, I agree. You'd think that someone who took the time to bitch about not being able to get the book is interested in the subject matter by that particular author; negative reviews will depress the sales, resulting in the possibility that THAT particular author may not have a chance to write another book*; so great, because you can't go to the library and check out a copy IMMEDIATELY and write a review on CONTENT, you're jeopardizing this guy's livelihood because of a situation which may not even be in his control.

Saying I'm "pissed" would be overstating, but the whole mindset is brain-rattling in its stupidity.



* - I doubt this is the case with Lewis; I think he could tank a couple in a row and still be fine
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post #8 of 17
3/17/10 at 12:11am
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Also there are much better wastes of paper to organize against: office copiers/printers, paper towels, toilet paper. And the battery and plastics in the Kindle are definitely not helping the environment.
Doesn't the average laptop generate 400x its weight in waste?
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post #9 of 17
3/17/10 at 12:15am
Very sorry if this post gets derailed.

The question is: Amazon book reviews: worse than comments on Youtube or Foxnews.com?
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post #10 of 17
3/17/10 at 1:58am
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Very sorry if this post gets derailed.

The question is: Amazon book reviews: worse than comments on Youtube or Foxnews.com?
Shit, I'd hate to be the judge on that one.
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post #11 of 17
3/17/10 at 9:36pm
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The question is: Amazon book reviews: worse than comments on Youtube or Foxnews.com?
Usually you'll find one of every 10 or so to be EXCELLENT. The other nine....not so much.
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post #12 of 17
3/18/10 at 12:42am
There are scads of one-star reviews on Amazon that are complaining about anything but the actual quality of the product. One guy was giving one-star reviews to products sold by a marketplace seller because the seller didn't ship APO/FPO. He also called them unamerican. unrelated, one of my favorite games to play when I am bored at work is going on Amazon and finding a one-star review of a classic film or book and then looking at that person's other reviews then laughing at the garbage they have given five stars to.
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post #13 of 17
3/18/10 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by Mad Man Mundt View Post
unrelated, one of my favorite games to play when I am bored at work is going on Amazon and finding a one-star review of a classic film or book and then looking at that person's other reviews then laughing at the garbage they have given five stars to.
...and now I have something new to do when bored at work - I thank ye fine sir.
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post #14 of 17
3/19/10 at 7:33am
What I don't get are the reviews complaining about a vendor. One star for not getting me my package on time....
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post #15 of 17
3/19/10 at 7:49am
Reading reviews on amazon and youtube makes me thank the lord for the good folk of the CHUD forums.
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post #16 of 17
3/21/10 at 5:01pm
Unfortunately, this isn't a problem unique to just Amazon books. Amazon posters and reviewers in general tend to be gigantic, gaping assholes.

I don't know why Amazon won't at least fix the problem a little bit by simply allowing people who've actually purchased the product to write reviews. You shouldn't be able to buy a product from Costco, and then come to Amazon and complain about shipping, or your inability to put together a piece of gym equipment by yourself because you're a "woman".

The Kindle users are a bit more insufferable because they believe that they're so brilliant and enlightened. They give the book one star, and then in the review, "This book was unreadable, in fact the words wouldn't even appear on my Kindle."
Hit the tab to request the book in ebook format, and then go fuck yourself.
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post #17 of 17
3/24/10 at 12:15pm
I find the one star reviews for the recent BlueRays of Jackson's THEATRICAL CUT of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy to be far more amusing/baffling.
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