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1
I dunno. I think it's a huge in joke by the trollz.

http://tehdely.livejournal.com/88823.html
2
I'm inclined to think so too. Doesn't make sense to me otherwise.
3
There is something obviously LULZy going on here. But I really don't believe that Amazon as a company would instigate this kind of total-internet shitstorm against themselves.

However, the bantown idea... I wouldn't think that the kind of groups that would target the gay community would have the tech-skills to pull this off. *chans might, but they tend to love the gays.

Amazon's big fail has been their response to the problem, not the technical glitch that's effed their search engine.
4
"Family-friendly" filters often elide any mention of the terrible gays. I suspect that happened here.
5
Looks like it was the infamous weev. Or at least he's taking credit

http://community.livejournal.com/brutal_ho…

Backstory on Weev:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine…
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Weev
6
Mmm....actually this seems right up the chan's alley (omg pun!)

In effect, it sheds some light on what might be a glitch in Amazon's user ratings system that inadvertently relegates gay content to an "adult" category.

So, it's not really antigay...mostly it's just anarchic and lulzy.
7
hmmm.... now other people are saying that weev is actually meta-trollin' the trolls who are trolling the trolls.

http://bryant.livejournal.com/672165.html

They see me trollin'
They hatin'
Trollin' they tryin to catch me ridin dirty
Tryin to catch me ridin dirty
Tryin to catch me ridin dirty
9
"weev is actually meta-trollin' the trolls who are trolling the trolls."

It would make me far more impressed than I already am/are/is. Speaking as an amateur troll of course.
10
What the fuck are you people talking about? Seriously, go outside. It's nice.
11
Uh Gord, I'm "working" right now. Posting snarky comments on here is my equivalent to going outside.

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