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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Sure they know how, as long as they were straight. Or looking for sex toys, which aren't filtered. But it would've been nice if people who were interested in anything beside those two things were told by the site that their search results weren't showing up, because those were deemed inappropriate.
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I don't see any evidence that gay items have any more filter than any other adult items, and I've given several examples. Can you show me anything that IS filtered out?
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Anyway, this discussion has been held about 40 times in the relevant thread,
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You're right, it's pretty much been argued to death.
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with one party mostly just not accepting that the fact that non-straight sexualities had the same rights when it comes to shelf space and display as straight stuff does, as "non-straight" (i.e., "deviant") deserves to be hidden, as it's ever so much scarier to find "brokeback mountain" than a dildo.
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Actually, I've never argued that non-straight sexualities don't have a place on the shelf. Ever. I've argued that Amazon has a right to filter items as they deem fit, with an eye towards what kinds of search results will sell the most items.
And "Brokeback Mountain" is easy to find, even without searching for it specifically. (Try "Heath Ledger" as a search term)
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Still, I'm amused by the fact that you think that the fact that Amazon is "hiding" some stuff will prevent your children from finding sex- or sexuality-related material on the internet.
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I don't have any illusions about what my kids can find on the internet. If they intend to find sexual content, they will. If they start getting hits on adult content at Amazon while looking for other stuff, then they won't browse Amazon anymore.