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How to recognize fake supporters?

  I have a long TBR list. I made it by myself, nobody pushed me, even some people tried :) The point is, I support some people.  I support books I like, these deserve my attention. If I don't like a book, I will not review it. Recently I saw Goodreads deleted my 10 ratings. Even though I don't prefer Goodreads, I support this decision because ratings come from people who did not read my books. That leads me to the question: Why do some people rate books automatically, even if they did not read them? Do you think you are helping authors? No, you are spamming. I saw three profiles on Goodreads who did it around. My 12 books got a 5-star rating without explanation.  I feel the same as they got 1 star. Because I click on these profiles, I saw they rated over a thousand books with 5 stars, again, without explanations. I understand not everyone is a book lover. Some people want to seek attention, claiming they are reading books. They want to be present in the author's world....