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Meaning what? Those 4 emoticons? You're being sarcastic, right? Not be able to quote members?ATOT should turn off comments on threads
Meaning what? Those 4 emoticons? You're being sarcastic, right? Not be able to quote members?ATOT should turn off comments on threads
Meaning what? Those 4 emoticons? You're being sarcastic, right? Not be able to quote members?
well you would be able to quote members, but it would have to be in a new post
it'd be like usenet newsgroups
alt.anandtech.offtopic
That AFAICT.
I think they're going to get a lot of blowback on this. Might not stick. If I can find a way to make my voice heard I will. Well, I am here, but I want Amazon to hear me.
I love this idea. Let's enable it in the P&N forum EXCLUSIVELY!
Of what? A product?Could always try posting a negative review!
Meathead in Indiana said this:
[meathead said this]
I differ, however, and here's why [I disagree]
Too bad Amazon cancelled the Comments feature, wish they hadn't buried 10's of thousands of hours of conscientious customer's work. Oh well.
Of what? A product?
I figure I can fill my reviews (some, anyway) with diatribes about how brickheaded they were to scuttle the comments feature including manufacturer's explanations, etc. etc. It's something. Enough of that makes an impact.
You are entitled to your opinion. I personally think this will only cost them money. The previously superior customer review support was a major reason I went there. Now I won't so much. It's not just me.Amazon is a business. They exist to make money.
They are not the government.
They are not the news.
Censorship not found.
Censorship not found
You are entitled to your opinion
I think there's something else going on. It could indeed be that they don't want to suffer the expense of monitoring the content of the comments. However, it's the reviews themselves that are by far the most voluminous. They can afford to keep the comments... look, Bezos is the world's richest man. The comments are what set Amazon apart from the competition. It's just a shame and they may come to regret their decision. I don't suppose they will reinstate Comments, but figure it's definitely possible. They aren't going to delete that data.Technically it's still censorship and kinda sucks too BUT you are correct that it's completely legal. (if not exactly ethical)
Given the crazy legal environment around "liability" for negative online reviews these days I understand why they want tighter control.
I've already made it my policy to only buy from Amazon directly for any item over approx $20 due to shaky at best "marketplace" sellers which have reduced them to "sub-Ebay" reliability levels.
Much more of this type of nonsense and I will stop buying anything expensive from Amazon at all under any circumstances. (just like I did with ebay a LONG time ago)
I decided you have something there. Maybe free speech wasn't the right term. I just changed the thread title to cast it as censorship issue.
You have trouble understanding why a retailer would let people speak their minds about the products they buy there? You have no sense of the value of forthrightness and honesty? That is a free speech and/or censorship issue. If I can't trust a retailer to let their customers be frank with their comments, I will not read the reviews. I sometimes wonder. I'm glad when I see negative reviews because it means the retailer is not censoring content, a definite plus in my book.It seems to me that censorship is only an issue as a restriction to free speech, which means I have a hard time seeing the distinction you are trying to make.
You may well be right that there will be some blow-back against Amazon because of this policy change on comments, and perhaps they will see fit to reverse it due to business considerations. That would be fine and good.
What causes me to scratch my head is why people think that any provider of online customer feedback or member forums is obligated to let posters say anything they want because of free speech. Yes, you have a Constitutional right to free speech -- but that doesn't mean I am required to let you express it on my premises in any way you see fit. You don't get to express yourself through graffiti on my white fence.
I hope this doesn't get censored... 🤣
Yeah, I will buy on Amazon sometimes rather than, say, Ebay because I'm more confident I won't run into hassles if there's a problem. Amazon customer service is relatively excellent. I can get an associate on the phone in a matter of a minute or two. Try that with Ebay, I dare you.You can't beat their return policy though. I would much rather take a risk on Amazon even if a 3rd party seller. I've had some good finds through Amazon Warehouse because of this. Last one was a headset at 50% off new price. It was "used - like new" and I couldn't find a thing wrong with it, not even the box. It was wrapped like new too.
You have trouble understanding why a retailer would let people speak their minds about the products they buy there?
You have no sense of the value of forthrightness and honesty?
If I can't trust a retailer to let their customers be frank with their comments, I will not read the reviews. I sometimes wonder. I'm glad when I see negative reviews because it means the retailer is not censoring content, a definite plus in my book.
I agree. No violation of Constitutional rights here.However, if a retailer decides that allowing customers to post unedited reviews is not in their best business interest, I do not agree that this is some sort of violation of Constitutional free speech or illegal censorship that needs to be taken to court (other than the court of customer choice and free enterprise).
Sounds more like what the Firefox devs did. Right-click, "Print"? We don't need no stinking easy way to print web pages!Can you just imagine if Microsoft was like, "Command prompt was seldom used by most Windows users. Therefore, it is removed".
Could always try posting a negative review!
ftfy.
*(MAYBE video too!)