Comments on: Why #amazonfail matters

By: Amazonfail: Day Two « afterthree.net :: rachelle saunders

Amazonfail: Day Two « afterthree.net :: rachelle saunders — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:44 +0000

[...] For people who don’t get why the internet exploded. After Ellen has a even better article about why this matters, the over-sexing of GLTB people, and what the larger problem is that everyone should read. [...]

By: joe s

joe s — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Amazon either:

a) deliberately reduced sales by censored it’s own products,

b) made a mistake.

I vote the latter and computerworld seems to back me up:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131538

By: blog.rightreading.com » Friday roundup

blog.rightreading.com » Friday roundup — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:03:21 +0000

[...] Why #amazonfail matters : I Should Be Writing [...]

By: Robert W

Robert W — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:56:24 +0000

It seems the goal at Amazon was to keep “adult” themed books out of the normal search (much like Google’s “safe search” is supposed to keep out porn). But the execution was way off and many “normal” titles got incorrectly flagged.

By: What’s going on | Blatherskite

What’s going on | Blatherskite — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:04:12 +0000

[...] media, including the Guardian. I have some thoughts on this that I may post about later this week. Here is an excellent blog post that sort of sums up some my concerns on this issue very [...]

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:28:17 +0000

Holy crap, I had no idea this happened. That’s AWFUL. How was the problem discovered? And, has there been any real explanation yet?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:47:08 +0000

I can’t believe people would be either so naive or short-sighted as to think if their books weren’t affected or if “only” the gay books were affected then it’s not a big deal. If this was a deliberate act, either from within Amazon or from outside do they think that people who would do that will then be finished? This would just be Round 1 to them.

I happen to have been reading a bunch of gay themed books, romances etc lately, as I’m researching that market (and they’re just fun!) and so I was familiar with a few of the best-selling author names in those categories and have been doing some searching on those names on Amazon’s UK site today. It depends how you do the search, but there are definitely times they should be in the search results and they weren’t.

By: The New Sleekness » Blog Archive » Amazonfail redux

The New Sleekness » Blog Archive » Amazonfail redux — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:09:49 +0000

[...] I’m inclined to agree with it, the situation still boils my blood), and Mur Lafferty explains why this is a really, really big deal. Filed under: [...]

By: Amazon skyller på en “glitch” - ingen tror på dem mer än Jimmy Wales — Niclas Strandh digitalPR, creative planning och sociala mediestrategier

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:41:36 +0000

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By: Juliann

Juliann — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:21:57 +0000

I am outraged, but am mostly waiting to hear Amazon’s side before lighting the torches. Well, Amazon’s REAL side, as the whole “glitch” comment sounds beyond bogus. Plus I’m up to my eyeballs preparing for next month’s move from London to Cary so finding my living room is a slightly higher priority today. Tomorrow I should have time for a good mobbing