Amazon doing the stupid
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lyornVia my friends list: over the last few days Amazon.com removed the sales rankings from various gay themed books
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rm's place here, with follow-up.
I haven't noticed it yet on amazon.de (I checked the short list given byxtricks), and a bunch of books I could think of, and only one was not sales-ranked. I'm keeping an eye on it.
One one hand, wtf sales ranks? OTOH, wehret den Anfängen.
ETA: Have written letter. It's painfully formal and stilted. Going to send it tomorrow. Ideally spiced with some examples that make sense from my buying history.
ETA II:
This is kind of interesting: Meta-Trolls?
Pandagon, with a lot of writers affected by the fail closely connected, discusses the Meta-troll theory. This includes explanation of what sales rank does, which I did not know.
ETA III:
Have sent mail. Even if amazon has fallen victim to trollery or a technical SNAFU, something is wrong here and I dislike getting no clarification from them. Now I hope they fix it and apologize, because amazon has always worked very well for me and I would regret following up on my mail by actually finding someone else to buy from.
ETA IV:
According to internet gossip, amazon says the French did it. I'm tired of internet gossip at this point. I'll read some slash instead.
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rm's place here, with follow-up. I haven't noticed it yet on amazon.de (I checked the short list given by
xtricks), and a bunch of books I could think of, and only one was not sales-ranked. I'm keeping an eye on it. One one hand, wtf sales ranks? OTOH, wehret den Anfängen.
ETA: Have written letter. It's painfully formal and stilted. Going to send it tomorrow. Ideally spiced with some examples that make sense from my buying history.
ETA II:
This is kind of interesting: Meta-Trolls?
Pandagon, with a lot of writers affected by the fail closely connected, discusses the Meta-troll theory. This includes explanation of what sales rank does, which I did not know.
ETA III:
Have sent mail. Even if amazon has fallen victim to trollery or a technical SNAFU, something is wrong here and I dislike getting no clarification from them. Now I hope they fix it and apologize, because amazon has always worked very well for me and I would regret following up on my mail by actually finding someone else to buy from.
ETA IV:
According to internet gossip, amazon says the French did it. I'm tired of internet gossip at this point. I'll read some slash instead.
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Date: 2009-04-12 09:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-12 09:42 pm (UTC)AGG (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allgemeines_Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) won't catch it, I'm afraid. OTOH, stupidity is better dealt with by a dogpile than by sueing.
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Date: 2009-04-12 10:47 pm (UTC)