Amazon messed up

[mary_mayhem]

It appears that they are removing rankings of gay and lesbian themed books. They have said this a policy about "adult content" but there are many books that don't have sex in them that have been included in their list. And books about straight sex are still being ranked

Comments

[harmonic_motion]

I just read that it's a "glitch". Presumably, it's going to be fixed.

[ignescent]

It's a 'glitch' that included a customer service response from amazon that said that the lbgt books in question were removed because they were adult in nature. (written by a person, not by a bot.) I believe it will be fixed, but I sincerely doubt the 'no really, the computers did it all by themselves' part of the explanation.

[harmonic_motion]

LOL! I know! That's why I put "glitch" in quotation marks. ;-)

[skyeyedoc]

The story made NPR's ATC this evening: here's the link:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/04/amazon_learns_a_painful_lesson.html

[x_creepy_doll_x]

Well they are getting punked hardcore now...ahahahaha...see the kinds of tags and reviews that are popping up on all their anti-gay books. lmao

Who knows what's true, but now a hacker is claiming responsibility, or is it a fake hacker story?

[gamber2]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/163024/hacker_claims_credit_for_amazons_gaythemed_book_glitch.html