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Curt Finch

Automated Gay Bashing Through Amazon

 

This hacker employed an interesting technique to get many gay and lesbian books banned on Amazon.
It is a technique that could also be used to cause problems for any set of books or
ideas that you don't like. I discovered it following the Twitter hash tag '#amazonfail".

I don't condone what he did. I'm just pointing out that in our new world there are new
and interesting ways to be a huge pain in the neck.

Here is his post describing what he did. It's fascinating, as are the comments.

Curt Finch has more than two decades of software development and distributed workforce management experience. In 1997, Curt created the world's first internet-based timesheet application and the foundation for the current Journyx product offering. Curt has a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. His book, All Your Money, is available on Amazon. @curtfinch