What is Amazonfail?
1.
amazon rank
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked
1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).
2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.
Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales rank figures from books on Amazon containing sexual, erotic, romantic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or queer content, rendering them impossible to find through basic search functions at the top of Amazon’s website. Titles stripped of their sales rankings include “Bastard Out of Carolina,” “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” several romance novels, GLBTQ fiction novels, YA books, and narratives about gay people.
I tried to do a report on Lady Chatterly’s Lover for English Lit, but my teacher amazon ranked me and I got an F on grounds that it was obscene, Amazonfail.
Alternate usage: My girlfriend wanted to preserve her virginity, and I was happy to respect that, then she amazon ranked and decided anal sex was okay. It's totally an Amazonfail.
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2.
Amazon's elimination of gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, polyamorous, pagan and other books because they were "adult," while leaving pornography and hetero adult items ranked. When the public became outraged, they practiced evasiveness and obfuscation...and claimed it was a glitch.
Also, #amazonfail, the Twitter channel regarding the event.
amazonfail is degrading to all shoppers; it is
censorship anddiscrimination .
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