Sorted and Sundry stuff...
Apr. 12th, 2009 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webbgirlFirst, amazon rank.
For those who haven't seen yet, Amazon has changed their policy on what books they will include sales ranking on. They've removed the rankings on LGBT books under the guise that they don't want 'Adult' books showing up on the Best Seller listings. The big problem here is that there are het books with equivalent content that they've left alone.
ETA: L.A. Times Blog has picked up the story about the Amazon Fail. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/04/amazon-deranks-gayfriendly-books-the-twitterverse-notices.html
Second...Someone posted a poll to one of the NCIS comms (I'm not going to link because it's not my intention to drive people there to respond or anything) where she asked people to rate their favorite characters, seasons and who they ship.
Under the pairings she didn't include any slash pairings and when asked why she stated that she was trying to stick with canon, not fanon. I have issues with that response. We have never seen any canon that supports Tony/Kate, but that's listed as an option.
I don't think the poster meant anything maliciously or was being intentionally exclusive, however I would have preferred if her answer had been, "These are the couples I posted because they were the couples I wanted to see responses for" than using non-existent canon as an excuse.
I'm tempted to post an alternate poll that includes slash pairings, but that seems more than a bit passive aggressive.
Thirdly...I watched the Doctor Who Easter special. No spoilers but...YAY! Every time I see MR in something I think I fall a little more in lust with her. HUMINA!
For those who haven't seen yet, Amazon has changed their policy on what books they will include sales ranking on. They've removed the rankings on LGBT books under the guise that they don't want 'Adult' books showing up on the Best Seller listings. The big problem here is that there are het books with equivalent content that they've left alone.
ETA: L.A. Times Blog has picked up the story about the Amazon Fail. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/04/amazon-deranks-gayfriendly-books-the-twitterverse-notices.html
Second...Someone posted a poll to one of the NCIS comms (I'm not going to link because it's not my intention to drive people there to respond or anything) where she asked people to rate their favorite characters, seasons and who they ship.
Under the pairings she didn't include any slash pairings and when asked why she stated that she was trying to stick with canon, not fanon. I have issues with that response. We have never seen any canon that supports Tony/Kate, but that's listed as an option.
I don't think the poster meant anything maliciously or was being intentionally exclusive, however I would have preferred if her answer had been, "These are the couples I posted because they were the couples I wanted to see responses for" than using non-existent canon as an excuse.
I'm tempted to post an alternate poll that includes slash pairings, but that seems more than a bit passive aggressive.
Thirdly...I watched the Doctor Who Easter special. No spoilers but...YAY! Every time I see MR in something I think I fall a little more in lust with her. HUMINA!