a possible explanation of the Amazon thing

[swan_tower]

I don't know if this theory is correct, but I frankly consider it a more likely explanation than "Amazon's executives got lobotomized and decided to institute a PR disaster over Easter weekend" --

http://tehdely.livejournal.com/88823.html

Short form is, some organization (no idea who) may have mobilized to flag certain content on Amazon until an automated feature kicks in to remove it from the rankings. It would explain the bizarre selection of items hit, and also why the initial response of Amazon flacks was to say they're de-ranking "adult" content -- if this theory's right, that's exactly what they're doing, but they hadn't yet realized somebody was gaming the system.

And Easter weekend is a sadly unsurprising time to see positive LGBT* content hit in such fashion.

So. We'll see what develops. But this makes a lot more sense to me than this being some kind of actual corporate decision on Amazon's part.


*Or whatever form of abbrevation you prefer. Man, I hadn't realized just how many permutations of initials that cluster of ideas had until I started seeing posts about this incident all over my flist. What the heck is the (QQI) add-on?

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[teleidoplex]

And the lovely thing about the term is, that particular permutation is included!

Now, you say labyrinths and women getting it on with bulls, and I think of Martha Graham. The Swan will understand what I mean by this :P

[zunger.livejournal.com]

Which is perfect evidence that this is the right choice of phrase. :)

I recall that Stanford, at one point, wanted to build a GLBTTTQCC. Several people responded with "The Gnu Lesbian, Bisexual, and something-or-other C compiler?"

Buncha damned geeks...

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I do and yet I don't . . . as in, I think I've scrubbed that particular piece from my mind. All I remember is being really annoyed by parts of that performance. <g>

[teleidoplex]

The first piece in the show was "Errand into the Maze". It was the one with the string, the bare tree thing, Ariadne, and the guy as a bull with the pole he kept across his shoulders/back.

Now, that's some kinky stuff!