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when the internet savvy get pissed, the internet savvy google bomb
so, according to smart bitches/trashy books it seems that amazon's folks at amazon rank have decided to stop including books that are a threat to puritanical society in their amazon rank.
scandalous and smutty books, you know, like foucault's history of sexuality*.
not that i approve of them removing the amazon rank listing from playboy's century of sex** or the amazon rank for basic women's erotica .
*and to illustrate the arbitraryness of it all volume 2 retains its amazon rank.
**don't worry, the amazon rank for playboy:the complete centerfolds is still safe.
amazon explains why sales' ranks matter here.
does a business have the *right* to run itself however it sees fit? for the most part, sure.
marshall, a so-called employee at amazon, says that amazon can't be homophobic because they employ a lot of gay people. which... i'm not going to touch their hiring practices right now .... but that sounds a lot like the "some of my best friends are gay" corporate equivalent. his comment at smart bitches/trashy books only makes amazon sound incompetent.
but, more to the point, if customers and potential customers are disgruntled by said company's policies, they also have the right to show their feelings and share their frustration.
sending a live-action threat to amazon is very much illegal.
google-bombing amazon and their amazon rank ~ not at all.
when the internet savvy get pissed, the internet savvy google bomb
so, according to smart bitches/trashy books it seems that amazon's folks at amazon rank have decided to stop including books that are a threat to puritanical society in their amazon rank.
scandalous and smutty books, you know, like foucault's history of sexuality*.
not that i approve of them removing the amazon rank listing from playboy's century of sex** or the amazon rank for basic women's erotica .
*and to illustrate the arbitraryness of it all volume 2 retains its amazon rank.
**don't worry, the amazon rank for playboy:the complete centerfolds is still safe.
amazon explains why sales' ranks matter here.
does a business have the *right* to run itself however it sees fit? for the most part, sure.
marshall, a so-called employee at amazon, says that amazon can't be homophobic because they employ a lot of gay people. which... i'm not going to touch their hiring practices right now .... but that sounds a lot like the "some of my best friends are gay" corporate equivalent. his comment at smart bitches/trashy books only makes amazon sound incompetent.
but, more to the point, if customers and potential customers are disgruntled by said company's policies, they also have the right to show their feelings and share their frustration.
sending a live-action threat to amazon is very much illegal.
google-bombing amazon and their amazon rank ~ not at all.
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Date: 2009-04-13 05:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-13 05:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-13 06:05 am (UTC)exactly.
foucault('s trust) is pretty well off through other means. current authors are getting lost as a result of this bullshit. (not that it makes burying the history of sexuality I excusable or any less disgusting.)
womanist-musings has a post with more information and a list of some other titles (giovanni's room, amongst them) and feministing has links to more posts.
i'm glad i used up my certificates before all this came to a head. i need to find a new place to advocate for buying coworker birthday gift certificates.
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Date: 2009-04-13 06:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-13 06:13 am (UTC)i'm tired of stupid corporate stupidity being stupid.
but yay! gh.
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Date: 2009-04-13 06:32 am (UTC)