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I’ve done it too, you get lots of free stuff in exchange for writing reviews. One would be stupid not to take advantage of that.

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So you get free stuff, and you poison the environment of reviews for the rest of us.

I wish we could figure out some incentive for people -- both individually and corporately -- to behave less selfishly, but it seems to be a hard problem.

It’s practically Darwinism—ignore reviews, or suffer.

Another name for it is being maliciously or callously antisocial. I wish fewer people desired to tear apart the social fabric for short term personal gain. A world where people could trust each other would be a better world for everyone including you.

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