Amazon Fail

[donutsweeper]

I'm sure everyone has read about this already, but just in case you haven't be aware that over the weekend people began noticing that Amazon took down the ratings of many GLBTQ books (fiction and nonfiction) claiming adult content issues, while leaving the ratings for sex toys, playboy books and things of those nature.

For all the info you'll need to understand this please see hllangel's post

There's the possibility it was all some sort of badly planned out glitch, but it seems unlikely.

And because I forgot to post it last night- google bomb: Amazon Rank

Comments

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Glitch my arse!

A glitch is when you get billed for "Valley of the Ubervixens" when you ordered "The life and times of Henry Viii"

A glitch does not sent letters to authros telling them they have been deranked for adult content "because we have to think of all the users of our site"

A glitch does not come on the phone via customer services, and explain this is a new policy about adult content "because we have to think of all the users of our site"

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the person claiming responsibility for taking advantage of the glitch doesn't seem to have all the information correct on how he (she?) managed to do it.

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Amazon.com (Amazon.co.uk is unaffected) decided to launch some policy or other without either (scenariao a)proper authorisiation or (scenario b) thinking it thru. Blaming "a glitch" makes them look like complete arseholes.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

UK had some issues last night (US time, wee hours of the morning UK time) but fixed them with the start of business hours there.

The glitch explanation seems very shortsighted.

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that I can visualise some kind of fan fiction - probably Torchwood fanfic - explaining amazon.co.uk's late night 'glitch'.....

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* not at all!

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Ianto swung the LaserLite onto his back, and muttered a silent prayer of thanks to whatever deity the inhabitants of Z-Omega-3 worshipped. Casting his gaze back up from the twitching, tentacled mass on the floor, his gaze caught and held the eyes of the man facing him.

Dark eyes stared out from behind thick, horn rimmed glasses; dark eyes in a faintly green face. "What.....what is that...that thing?...Sir," he stammered.

"Don't ask," Ianto growled. "It evolved on a planet a long way from here, product of a terraforming experiment that went horribly wrong."

"But why did it make me delist Stephen Fry's autobiography?" The nerd removed his glasses to rub those dark eyes, and Ianto realised the man wasn't really as nerdy as he, well, as he looked.

"It infects people with despair," came a voice from behind. The nerd spun round, to find himself gazing up into the bluest eyes he had ever seen.

"Despair," said the nerd. "That's exactly how I felt when the order came through to start delisting GLB stuff....."

"Next thing you know," said Ianto, "It would have had you joining a Chapel and renouncing all forms of sex."

"Not to mention drugs and alcohol," added old blue eyes, with a grin. He stuck his hand out. "Cap'n Jack Harkness," he said, grasping the nerd's hand and shaking it warmly.

"Rimmer," the man responded weakly. "Arnold Rimmer." He hesitated. "Mam was a fanatical Red Dwarf fan."

"Ianto!" Jack called over his shoulder. "I think we need to get better acquainted with Arnie here." He winked. "Anyone who likes Stephen Fry is OK by me."

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Oh, that's excellent!!!! You need to post it on your own LJ!

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

I have done http://hellenebright.livejournal.com/43560.html