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The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
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Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#12> Before us are rows of cubicles, almost entirely inhabited by bearded, yarmulke-wearing men in crisp white shirts. These are Pikarski's buyers. (About half of C&A Marketing's 150-person staff is Orthodox, though the buyers division is more homogenous. "The buyer that does all the storage products, he's the only guy I let work out of home," Pikarski says. "He's Italian.")
Did that bother anyone else?
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#13Less than stellar reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Ivation-Waterproof-Bluetooth-Handsfree...
au contraire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQ5TDLC
Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional.
I'm finding I have to work harder to parse meaning out of Amazon reviews than I did a few years ago. I don't see how this benefits Amazon, but I also don't see them doing much to fix it.
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#14> Before us are rows of cubicles, almost entirely inhabited by bearded, yarmulke-wearing men in crisp white shirts. These are Pikarski's buyers. (About half of C&A Marketing's 150-person staff is Orthodox, though the buyers division is more homogenous. "The buyer that does all the storage products, he's the only guy I let work out of home," Pikarski says. "He's Italian.") Did that bother anyone else?
Jews stick together. One of reasons for their resilience and business success. Unsurprising he brought a lot of his own in on the business. They do that in upper-ranks in my area, too.
Now, you probably won't see the media report on racist hiring practices in Jewish companies as quickly as they do anti-Semitism. ;)
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
au contraire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQ5TDLC
Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional. I'm finding I have to work harder…
Completely ignore amazon reviews.
They are mostly bogus these days.
Unless you can find 3 star reviews, I usually read those.
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#16Unable to get past full screen interstitial ad.
I would tell you to just turn Ghostery off but I'll just be nice this time:
You used to read everything as terminal text back in the day, right? This one scrolls and renders better. ;)
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#17> Before us are rows of cubicles, almost entirely inhabited by bearded, yarmulke-wearing men in crisp white shirts. These are Pikarski's buyers. (About half of C&A Marketing's 150-person staff is Orthodox, though the buyers division is more homogenous. "The buyer that does all the storage products, he's the only guy I let work out of home," Pikarski says. "He's Italian.") Did that bother anyone else?
Jews stick together. One of reasons for their resilience and business success. Unsurprising he brought a lot of his own in on the business. They do that in upper-ranks in my area, too. Now, you probably won't see the media report on racist hiring practices in Jewish companies as quickly as they do anti-Semitism. ;)
Let's be specific. Orthodox Jews.
It's basically an society-accepted fanatical cult.
I bet none of those 150 were women, they wouldn't be tolerated to work together, or pray together, etc.
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#18> Before us are rows of cubicles, almost entirely inhabited by bearded, yarmulke-wearing men in crisp white shirts. These are Pikarski's buyers. (About half of C&A Marketing's 150-person staff is Orthodox, though the buyers division is more homogenous. "The buyer that does all the storage products, he's the only guy I let work out of home," Pikarski says. "He's Italian.") Did that bother anyone else?
Jews stick together. One of reasons for their resilience and business success. Unsurprising he brought a lot of his own in on the business. They do that in upper-ranks in my area, too. Now, you probably won't see the media report on racist hiring practices in Jewish companies as quickly as they do anti-Semitism. ;)
I don't think it's a racist hiring practice, it's religious nepotism. Mormons and scientologists often stick together in the same way (and really probably any small group of people very closely connected; immigrants often initially do the same thing in a new country as well).
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#19Great article with a stellar business model. This guy's scheme is literally "give the people what they want!" Need more of this kind of thinking in software. Unfortunately, lock-in techniques will likely prevent it from working in many places it's needed most.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
As in you can't emotionally "get past" it? Or you didn't see the "skip ad" link?
With Ghostery enabled, it won't go away.
Ghostery is not the best idea if you're looking for privacy, because it comes from the ad industry. Consider independents like uBlock, Privacy Badger, etc.