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Your point was completely orthogonal to mine, which is why I didn't address it. It's harder finding new or worthwhile reads because Amazon is incentivized by vo
by 23B1 3y ago
Your point was completely orthogonal to mine, which is why I didn't address it. It's harder finding new or worthwhile reads because Amazon is incentivized by volume, not quality; it's the same reason high-quality clothing brands also don't sell on AMZN.
- lolinder 3y ago> I think the better question is: which writers is Amazon killing by favoring popularity over discovery? > And what do I mean by success? Unique and special and important creative people living a sufficiently middle-class lifestyle to continue providing us with their gift(s). > Amazon's filter has created a world where that is nigh on impossible. These paragraphs are what I was replying to. If you wanted to talk about Amazon's effects on consumer's ability to find things rather than its effects on authors' ability to make a living, don't bring up the latter. You can't make claims about Amazon's effects on authors and then act like I'm going off topic when I call those claims out as problematic.
- 23B1 3y agoI'm sure King Bezos is very grateful to the men of his round table.