Glitch or no glitch, it's the underlying idea that bothers me: that a bookseller is filtering out relevant results in a search based on what they think is fit to read. No. No. No.
Fear of Teh Gay means that their current search criteria have de-ranked at least one edition of E. M. Forster's Maurice but left violent, graphic crap like American Psycho untouched.
The sole purpose of a search engine is to yield relevant results. Period. Let the reader discern what s/he values, or not.
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Date: 2009-04-13 04:21 pm (UTC)Fear of Teh Gay means that their current search criteria have de-ranked at least one edition of E. M. Forster's Maurice but left violent, graphic crap like American Psycho untouched.
The sole purpose of a search engine is to yield relevant results. Period. Let the reader discern what s/he values, or not.