Crowd Forms Against an Algorithm

This weekend, the New York Times published a small article by Motoko Rich on another of amazon.com's algorithmic blunders.

I've always been interested in how our indexing and cataloging practices censor information--unintentional or not. What's really interesting in this example, however, is the extent to which the twittersphere allowed for the digital panic police to let this story burn like wild fire across the wooded plains of the interwebs.

Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/weekinreview/19rich.html

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