So what if it is a troll
Apr. 13th, 2009 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wendyzskithe leading theory seems to be that the fact that a troll exploited amazon's ranking/delisting/flagging system which is why this whole clusterfuck blew open over this past weekend.
However, I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
copperbadge has said it best:
This is very true, and I think we will see more of this in the coming days, especially if the new theory that this is trollery and exploitation of Amazon's classification system is confirmed. At that point, Amazon is not to blame for the reclassification, but rather for the apparently standard practice of removing user-designated "adult" books from their bestseller lists.
Then it becomes not about homophobia or sexphobia but about restrictive practices and bad ethics. Amazon has a legal right not to sell a book, but refusing to sell a book or promote it as it should be because of its thematic content is a business practice that I cannot support.
However, I think
copperbadge has said it best:This is very true, and I think we will see more of this in the coming days, especially if the new theory that this is trollery and exploitation of Amazon's classification system is confirmed. At that point, Amazon is not to blame for the reclassification, but rather for the apparently standard practice of removing user-designated "adult" books from their bestseller lists.
Then it becomes not about homophobia or sexphobia but about restrictive practices and bad ethics. Amazon has a legal right not to sell a book, but refusing to sell a book or promote it as it should be because of its thematic content is a business practice that I cannot support.
