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A while ago I contracted a 'visibility strategist' to increase the exposure of my novel Teak Lord (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62791284-teak-lord). This 'strategist' uploaded a bunch of fake reviews between July 4 and July 28, all AI created, including fake reviewers and photos, as well as 2 identical reviews by different reviewers, which makes it clear that Goodreads reviews are not monitored in any way. I understand that the website never responds to complaints, but hopefully as more readers become aware how untrustworthy the site is, the site will cease to have any traffic.

Claimed loss: $200

Desired outcome: Monitoring of reviews by Goodreads.

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Update by ronemmons
Sep 02, 2025 9:55 pm EDT

I agreed to pay this person $200 to make my book more visible and paid through Upwork, which I now suspect of being as crooked as Goodreads.

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