Re:Tell HN: Amazon.com is limiting purchases of Audio CDs to...
by aaron695 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:19AM
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> Wasn't this because of rating spiking?
No. It's obviously a bug.
Perhaps related to ratings (There's also chart spiking which is uniquely CDs, which would also have high Amazon returns) . A 40 limit accidently got set to 4 perhaps on Friday. I can't see a customer returning 100% of their CD's lasting long so perhaps it's a limit normally on new customers. Often the same CD has limits around 4.
Or maybe the bug is related to a different limiting mechanism. An engineer set a limit to all CDs not just the one that's in demand perhaps, which they do set for limited stock.
> Is hacker news now the place SEO spammers go to get support?
No. It's obviously a bug.
Perhaps related to ratings (There's also chart spiking which is uniquely CDs, which would also have high Amazon returns) . A 40 limit accidently got set to 4 perhaps on Friday. I can't see a customer returning 100% of their CD's lasting long so perhaps it's a limit normally on new customers. Often the same CD has limits around 4.
Or maybe the bug is related to a different limiting mechanism. An engineer set a limit to all CDs not just the one that's in demand perhaps, which they do set for limited stock.
> Is hacker news now the place SEO spammers go to get support?
Why not?