Mastodawn

Amazon is excluding spicy romance & LGBTQ books from the affiliates program. It's Bezos obeying the fascists in advance. And it highlights how, with the flip of a switch, they can easily shadow-ban whatever books they want.

I'm removing all my Amazon affiliate links & will deprioritize Amazon links

#writing #publishing #selfpublishing

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Keri Svendsen Mar 4

@andrew @susankayequinn Keep in mind Bezo is no longer the CEO of amazon so you guys can't blame this on him.

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C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸Mar 5

@sapphireangel

Does he not still own the company? 🤔

I mean, the Washington Post has someone else running it too but come on 🙄

@andrew @susankayequinn

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Keri Svendsen Mar 5

@crcollins @andrew @susankayequinn Do you also avoid using microsoft, walmart, google and apple? They are all guilty of the same type of behaviors and support of the state of this country. If you are going to go after one why not all? All of these rich people have done awful things.

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C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸Mar 5

@sapphireangel @andrew @susankayequinn

True. But the OP was discussing one specific thing. People have the right to boycott anyone they want. Or not 🤷

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Keri Svendsen Mar 5

@crcollins @andrew @susankayequinn Yes that is also true. I just don't understand the hatred directly at amazon all the time, and just one person, when many are at fault. That is what I don't get.

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C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸

@sapphireangel @andrew @susankayequinn

It's not directed at one person. There're a core of billionaires equally complicit in supporting fascism. I see plenty of condemnation to go around. There are plenty of reasons to hate Amazon in particular, of course. I don't understand how you've missed all that.