I’ve been writing reviews on Amazon regularly since 1999. Over the years, I’ve seen Amazon make so many great moves to improve the health and vibrancy of its community I’m proud to call this site one of my favorite spots on the internet.Over the years, Amazon has instituted strategies to ban spammers and flamers and trolls, and most folks would agree these are good steps. A few years back, Amazon instituted a policy whereby you either had to have an established review history or had to have purchased a product to write a review. This largely eliminated folks who would create a bogus account only to write abusive reviews.Later Amazon instituted the "Report Abuse" button, which relies on community votes to ban and remove abusive comments and reviews. Again, it was another ingenious improvement that has helped improve the strength of the Amazon community.This brings me to my current suggestion.I believe that a policy should be established that removes the option to write one- and two-star reviews from posters who have no established review history.It only seems fair that to write a review that is totally demeaning that you have some established ethos or credibility.Too many folks are able to "purchase" a Kindle book for free, have that count as a purchase, and then write a slanderous review. Yet, I’ve noticed that for a number of these "reviewers" they have no previous review credits and their reviews are essentially abusive in nature.I would suggest removing the option to designate "stars" for reviewers who have less than five reviews to their credit. In place of 1-5 stars for these reviewers, there could be a designation that they’re a "New Amazon Reviewer."What are your thoughts?

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