A little more about amazonfail
Apr. 14th, 2009 07:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovMy previous two posts were a little sloppy-- I need to watch it if I get that caught up in a conflict again. Getting angry or giddy doesn't mean epistomology 101 no longer applies.
I think one of the things driving the technical problems was a sub-cultural mismatch. Some people think it's the right thing to use blunt language about sex and other people think it's equally obligatory to use euphemisms. The latter group still has a good bit of social dominance.
I think one of the things driving the technical problems was a sub-cultural mismatch. Some people think it's the right thing to use blunt language about sex and other people think it's equally obligatory to use euphemisms. The latter group still has a good bit of social dominance.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 03:44 pm (UTC)The problem is, amazon's losing the sales ranks (they may be restarting books at 0) isn't some sudden little mistake made by one person-- the process started gradually back in February.
On the other hand, amazon is amazingly decentralized, so I can see how a bad idea can spread without getting noticed.
I await further developments.