The Internet Never Sleeps
Even Easter weekend isn't a good time to try to bury bad news.
Late to the party, but I couldn't not link to the whole amazonfail story. This comes via an impressive number of people on my friends list, thank you to all of you.
I have never yet needed protecting from any book. I realise that a business can use any policy it likes on what products it chooses to promote or hide on the online equivalent of the top shelf, but that business needs to realise that the decisions it makes can have a real impact on sales. So if you're going to decide that the kiddies should be protected from erotica, and that 'erotica' includes portrayals of homosexual relationships without a single sex scene but doesn't include collections of pictures of naked women or graphic description of heterosexual sex, realise that it's going to create a bit of a fuss, people. Moreover, the claim that it was all a 'glitch' is not remotely plausible (heard that one before somewhere). Right-wing nutjobs are not the only people capable of complaining, boycotting and seriously harming sales.
Collection of links here for anyone who missed them and because linking is good. In that spirit, someone at the Guardian has noticed. Amazon would rather you made napalm than got laid.
AJ
Late to the party, but I couldn't not link to the whole amazonfail story. This comes via an impressive number of people on my friends list, thank you to all of you.
I have never yet needed protecting from any book. I realise that a business can use any policy it likes on what products it chooses to promote or hide on the online equivalent of the top shelf, but that business needs to realise that the decisions it makes can have a real impact on sales. So if you're going to decide that the kiddies should be protected from erotica, and that 'erotica' includes portrayals of homosexual relationships without a single sex scene but doesn't include collections of pictures of naked women or graphic description of heterosexual sex, realise that it's going to create a bit of a fuss, people. Moreover, the claim that it was all a 'glitch' is not remotely plausible (heard that one before somewhere). Right-wing nutjobs are not the only people capable of complaining, boycotting and seriously harming sales.
Collection of links here for anyone who missed them and because linking is good. In that spirit, someone at the Guardian has noticed. Amazon would rather you made napalm than got laid.
AJ