By now most of us have heard of the Great Amazon GLBT caper of 09. A herculean act of censorship that exploded in the Twittersphere and was subsequently blamed on a mere technical malfunction.
Above are the top 5 trending topics on Twitter as they appeared at one point on Easter evening.
Here's the anticipated Amazon PR spin:
amazonfails
Jesus summoned
Amazon reborn
Masters once again
What a great Easter
This one is just getting started.
More:
Edward Champion Amazonfail : A Call to Boycot Amazon
Peter Kafka Did Amazon Really Fail this Weekend?
Jeff Rutherford Using Twitter to Respond to a PR Crisis - Amazon.com Failed To Act
Kate Harding at Salon.com's broadsheet Amazon continues to fail
Ron Hogan at Galleycat #Amazonfail: A Personal Perspective
Monday, April 13, 2009
#amazonfail or how Amazon finally eclipsed Jesus
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Actually, it was in fact a technical search problem, and not an act of censorship... it was a byproduct of censoring for sex content, and NOT specifically for gay or lesbian issues. But it still needs to be dealt with.
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