Comments on: Amazon claims glitch affected search & ranking; consumers say #glitchmyass http://www.booklorn.com/2009/04/amazon-claims-glitch-affected-search-consumers-say-glitchmyass/ Books I Have Known ... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anysia http://www.booklorn.com/2009/04/amazon-claims-glitch-affected-search-consumers-say-glitchmyass/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 Anysia Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://www.booklorn.com/?p=2212#comment-1974 Yeah, I linked to your post as one of the reasons I would buy the "internal employee" theory. :-) Thanks for checking out my site. Yeah, I linked to your post as one of the reasons I would buy the “internal employee” theory. :-)

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]]> By: Cheryl Kaye Tardif http://www.booklorn.com/2009/04/amazon-claims-glitch-affected-search-consumers-say-glitchmyass/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Cheryl Kaye Tardif Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:06:35 +0000 http://www.booklorn.com/?p=2212#comment-1971 This delisting and deranking of books came on the tail end of another Amazon glitch, one that affected reviews written by authors (on other books--not their own). Reviews started disappearing and it wasn't until I pushed for an explanation that I was given one. And then another. And then another. In the end, Amazon apologized for this and began reinstating reviews, including mine. I am happy with the resolution, but I still wonder if someone at Amazon isn't suffering from authority addiction. You can read all about this at: <a href="http://writetype.blogspot.com/2009/04/amazon-reinstates-authors-reviews-after.html" rel="nofollow">Amazon reinstates author's reviews after deleting them - divine intervention?</a> Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Edmonton author Twitter: cherylktardif This delisting and deranking of books came on the tail end of another Amazon glitch, one that affected reviews written by authors (on other books–not their own). Reviews started disappearing and it wasn’t until I pushed for an explanation that I was given one. And then another. And then another.

In the end, Amazon apologized for this and began reinstating reviews, including mine. I am happy with the resolution, but I still wonder if someone at Amazon isn’t suffering from authority addiction.

You can read all about this at:
Amazon reinstates author’s reviews after deleting them – divine intervention?

Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
Edmonton author
Twitter: cherylktardif

]]> By: In Which Amazon Promotes Family Values and Unites the Twittersphere Against It « Upsidedown Duck http://www.booklorn.com/2009/04/amazon-claims-glitch-affected-search-consumers-say-glitchmyass/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 In Which Amazon Promotes Family Values and Unites the Twittersphere Against It « Upsidedown Duck Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:10:51 +0000 http://www.booklorn.com/?p=2212#comment-1967 [...] Amazon claims glitch affected search & ranking; consumers say #glitchmyass from Booklorn [...] [...] Amazon claims glitch affected search & ranking; consumers say #glitchmyass from Booklorn [...]

]]> By: Book Chook http://www.booklorn.com/2009/04/amazon-claims-glitch-affected-search-consumers-say-glitchmyass/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 Book Chook Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:11:08 +0000 http://www.booklorn.com/?p=2212#comment-1965 Thanks for that roundup! I'd started following near the start of the storm, then went back to blogging, so I missed some of the #excitement. It certainly sounds like censorship, and makes about as much sense to me as removing sales rankings from all the books about trucks. <abbr><em>Book Chook´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBookChook/~3/dRkZaeeN6aQ/rhyme-helps-reading.html" rel="nofollow">Rhyme Helps Reading</a></abbr></em> Thanks for that roundup! I’d started following near the start of the storm, then went back to blogging, so I missed some of the #excitement.

It certainly sounds like censorship, and makes about as much sense to me as removing sales rankings from all the books about trucks.

Book Chook´s last blog post..Rhyme Helps Reading

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