Kind of an easter egg massacre.
I shudder at the sheer eggmannity.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Apr 12, 2009 5:24:01 pm PDT #14951 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Jesse - Apr 12, 2009 5:34:39 pm PDT #14952 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When did they move Kings?
My DVR thought it was taping it tonight, so.
DavidS - Apr 12, 2009 6:11:03 pm PDT #14953 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Amazon is saying that it's deranking of gay books was a glitch.
I'll be curious to hear what policy change was behind the glitch so that an attempt to firewall erotic content scooped up all gay related material.
I'm still kind of in "Fuck You, Amazon" mode.
bon bon - Apr 12, 2009 6:14:50 pm PDT #14954 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Steph L. - Apr 12, 2009 6:17:45 pm PDT #14955 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm still kind of in "Fuck You, Amazon" mode.
I've spent about half an hour trying to figure out how much $$ I spent at Amazon in 2008, as well as the $$ total of things that other people bought for me off of my wishlist (for Xmas, etc.), so I can e-mail Amazon with an actual figure and tell them that I'm perfectly happy to spend it at Barnes & Noble instead.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2009 6:35:44 pm PDT #14956 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Parsnips and leeks sounds like it could be it--thanks, bon! I found that pureeing the vegetables afterwards and adding some cream (hush cholesterol elves) made another lovely soup.
Barb - Apr 12, 2009 7:01:43 pm PDT #14957 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Wasn't just gay-themed, either. It was anything listed as "erotic" so a lot of ero-rom authors have had their book rankings wiped, as well as disability and sexuality.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven. Some guy who claims to work for amazon posted at Smart Bitches:
Listen, I work at Amazon and there are a few things you should know:
1. The whole system is automated. Big computers running everything.
2. They sell adult material, like soft porn DVDs. In order to keep this stuff from popping up in front of children, the suppress the sales rank, which feeds the algorithm that decides what to display first, second, etc. This is no different than Google. Google is smarter in that they give you the option to see unfiltered results if you like.
3. Some low-level person in the company probably tinkered with the algorithm based upon some input or complaints, and totally fucked up the code. There’s NO evidence this was an executive mandate. If there was, I’ll quit.
As reported on Twitter, the suppression of search rankings was inconsistent. If this had been intentional it would have been more effective.
4. Do you really think Amazon is that stupid to piss of a huge community of consumers?
5. Amazon’s corporate culture is very supportive of the GLBT community, both internally and externally.
I dunno... a low level employee messing around with algorithms of that nature? Obviously, I have no clue, but that sounds profoundly stupid.
Kat - Apr 12, 2009 7:40:22 pm PDT #14958 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hey, ita, remember how you hate being called a fluffy bunny? Apparently my girl feels the same way.
So. Very tired.
Lee - Apr 12, 2009 7:50:03 pm PDT #14959 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh, poor Grace.
Still SO CUTE though.
Dana - Apr 12, 2009 8:01:29 pm PDT #14960 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
4. Do you really think Amazon is that stupid to piss of a huge community of consumers?
Businesses never do stupid things, of course.