As part of our Carpet Bombers Series, whenever we find a carpet bomber, we report it to our readers and to GR. Why do we do this? Because we care about Goodreads. We don’t want to see the site destroyed. We’ve never wanted that. We’ve always wanted to see the site improve and this one, this Gillian Walsh, we’re pretty sure is a sock account created to one-star books. So we are reporting it on our blog and we are also reporting it to GR.
How do we know it’s a sock? Check out her empty profile with no picture that has an average rating of 1.42 and a whopping 674 carpet bombs:
Also, she’s been a member since September of 2013, the month that Goodreads announced their anti-bullying policy (coincidence? yeah, right), and she hasn’t connected with any friends yet:
And if you go to , you’ll see that they are filled primarily with one-star carpet bombs:
So, let’s all report this sock to Goodreads and be rid of these accounts that corrupt the database.
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Every time I see something like this I still can’t help being amazed that there will still be people who defend this kind of behavior. Glad you’re always posting about it. These things educate people who aren’t aware these thing happen.