Your book, rated by people who actually read it
Seekquel weights verified readers, holds coordinated rating surges for review, and anchors every score against brigading. So your rating reflects readers, not a pile-on.
How rating protection works
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Verified readers count for more
A rating from someone who keeps your book on their shelf as reading, finished, paused, or did-not-finish carries more weight than a drive-by star. Their review shows a Verified reader badge.2
Coordinated surges get caught
When a burst of ratings lands in a short window and almost none come from real readers, Seekquel recognizes the shape of a campaign and holds those reviews for a moderator before they touch your page.3
Brigading barely moves the score
Displayed ratings use a weighted average anchored to a fair baseline, so a pile-on of fake one-stars can't sink a book the way it does elsewhere.Built so real readers decide your rating
- Verified-reader weighting: reviews from people who read the book count double toward your score
- Automatic surge detection holds coordinated rating campaigns for human review
- Baseline-anchored scoring keeps a small burst of fake ratings from tanking your average
- A visible Verified reader badge shows readers which reviews come from genuine readers
Frequently asked questions
No. Honest critical reviews from real readers always stand. Only unverified reviews arriving during a detected coordinated surge are held for a human moderator, and verified-reader reviews are never held. The goal is to stop brigading, not criticism.
A reviewer is verified when they keep your book in their library as currently reading, finished, paused, or did-not-finish, not merely on a want-to-read list. It signals they actually engaged with the book.
No. Rating protection runs automatically on every book in the Seekquel catalog. There's nothing to enable and nothing to configure.
No. Nothing about ratings is for sale. The protection is automatic and works the same for every title, whether it's a debut or a bestseller.
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