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Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by akudha on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:11PM (#33143119)
How about not using bundling algorithms for chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the entire category? And stick to recommending cute t-shirts and such?

Amazon’s recommendations are mostly crap anyways, even for mundane, straightforward stuff. They shouldn’t be recommending anything dangerous

Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by Comevius on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:32PM (#33143384)
Exactly this, Amazon's recommendation engine doesn't have the domain knowledge about chemicals and such, what can be mixed with what. Their recommendation may mislead people.
Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by andybak on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:58PM (#33143659)
The only results I get for "sodium nitrate" is in "Herbs, Spices & Seasonings" (at low concentrations) as part of a salt curing kit.

In fact in the UK I'm not seeing any results that could be described as a "suicide kit".

The US site does seem to stock chemicals but from a quick skim I don't seem to get any sodium nitrate in the results.

Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by Ferret7446 on Sunday October 09, 2022 @06:25PM (#33145896)
How would that even address the problem? Someone buying these things to commit suicide will still buy these things even if they need to do a few more clicks and searches because the items aren't conveniently bundled or recommended.
Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by akudha on Sunday October 09, 2022 @07:09PM (#33146175)
Yes, people who want to commit suicide might still succeed. That doesn't mean Amazon or you or I need to make it easier for them or facilitate them.
Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by catiopatio on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:43PM (#33155627)
That also doesn’t mean Amazon or you or I need to make life harder for the 99%+ of the population that isn’t going to top themselves.