Amazon suggests 'Brokeback' for kids

A woman browsing through the movie offerings at Amazon.com says she was surprised, and a little distressed, to see the site recommend "Brokeback Mountain" as a good companion movie for a series of children's shows.

She asked WorldNetDaily not to identify her, but said the results "blew me away."

The website explains that it takes information that a customer has submitted, such as what movies they purchase, already have, or have written reviews about, and then makes recommendations based on that.

The woman, a WND reader and longtime Amazon customer, said she had submitted information that she had purchased "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," she said she already owned "The Chronicles of Narnia" and she rated "Lady and the Tramp."

"Brokeback Mountain popped up in those recommendations," she said. "A film I had absolutely no interest in. So I wondered what had caused this film to pop up."

She made a "snapshot" of the page, too.

"I can't see any reason for these movies to bring up a recommendation for a movie about homosexual lovers unless someone in Amazon has an agenda (especially in the IT dept)," she wrote.

"It makes no sense to me that this would just come up without being selectively programmed to do so," she said.

Several messages left with Amazon generated only an e-mail response, in which the company repeated its published policy regarding recommendations.

"We display recommended items in several areas throughout our store. To make these suggestions, we determine your interests by examining the items you've purchased, items you've told us you own, and items you've rated. We then compare your activity on our site with that of other customers. Using this comparison, we are able to recommend other items that may interest you," the e-mail said.

"Your recommendations will change regularly based on a number of factors, including when you purchase or rate a new item, as well as changes in the interests of other customers like you."

It also suggested a website link for further information.

"Usually, there's a clear correlation between the recommendation and your previous purchases, ratings, etc," the woman wrote. "In movies, the connection is usually a leading actor, movie's genre, the director, etc. But this totally blew me away!"

It's not the first time an Internet company has been questioned about such situations. WND reported earlier that Google was hosting "Paiderastia: The Boy Love Revival" site on its weblog.

And Amazon.com earlier was reported to have been selling subscriptions to the North American Man/Boy Love Association's official magazine.

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