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Originally Posted by stopdog
ARe you trying to get them to censor what others can see/books to purchase? I don't think that is the call for anyone else to make. I am outraged to think amazon/libraries/bookstores might take a book off of the shelf because someone didn't like the contents. Surely that person should not have to read the book but taking it from everyone is wrong.
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I 100% agree with this.
However, social media sites and Google have algorithms that, if you're searching for certain topics, they will ask if you're okay and send you a link to a prevention helpline.
Apparently, if you're looking at certain types of books, Amazon's algorithm sends you a recommendation for a book on how to accomplish that act.
I don't think our fellow couchie is asking the book to be unavailable for purchase. They're asking to fix the algorithm so that someone searching for books to support them, someone struggling with painful thoughts, someone who wants to avoid it... that person is not served up suggestions for a book that tells you how to accomplish the act.
I do not think that is an unreasonable thing to ask for. In programming terms, it might be a heavy lift to change that algorithm...but Amazon makes humongous profits from said algorithm and it must be socially responsible with it as well. JMHO.
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