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Amazon's stated intent is to bury all so-called "adult" materials. What do they have to gain by that? If the idea is to protect the dainty sensibilities of som
by spoondan 18y ago
Amazon's stated intent is to bury all so-called "adult" materials. What do they have to gain by that?
If the idea is to protect the dainty sensibilities of some prudish souls who might be offended by finding a naughty book for sale? Such people are highly likely to have bigoted attitudes towards homosexual content: a heterosexual kiss (even between a woman and a frog!) is something you might read about to your kids, but a homosexual kiss is too vulgar to mention. So if Amazon is intent on appeasing such people, why not bury books with homosexual content?
Or is there actually no point at all to this? Could it be that no one would be offended by having potentially naughty books in the sales rankings, and fewer people will be able to find the naughty books they want to buy, so Amazon has spent effort, taken a PR hit, and reduced sales for no gain? In which case, isn't this proof that Amazon is, in fact, quite stupid?
So tell me again why it's obvious this was not Amazon's intention.