Is The Anything in the HP TOS Banning Negative Articles About Amazon?

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  1. Solaras profile image93
    Solarasposted 8 years ago

    I have a love hate relationship with Amazon.  It is a necessary beast that coughs up the occasional commission, yet it is also a demonic succubus. Are we allowed to write the truth about dealing with Amazon or is this a sacred cow for HP?

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    1. relache profile image72
      relacheposted 8 years ago

      It's all interpretation. On this site, the TOS forbids that you...

      "Publish Hubs or Hub or Author Content that include any content or links that are pornographic, defamatory, libelous, tortuous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of privacy, racially or ethnically objectionable, hateful, promotes or provides instructional information about illegal activities, promotes any act of cruelty to animals, or is otherwise offensive."

      Personally, I think the Salon article from 2014 still sets the standard for coverage from the journalistic angle, and I don't think personal stories are really going to have impact unless they are from employees.  Or I guess it's really ex-employees...

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      1. Solaras profile image93
        Solarasposted 8 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks for the link to the Salon article. I did not think it was possible to despise Amazon more; now I do.

        I was thinking more in terms of an article on the pluses and minuses of selling in the Amazon marketplace.  They use similar methodologies in dealing with their vendors as they do with their employees.

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    2. Lee Hansen profile image77
      Lee Hansenposted 8 years ago

      I had a decent relationship with A for more than a decade. They decided to drop my state because of preemptory fears about sales tax issues (not implemented here, and possibly never will be). I have a family member who worked there during college. She is happy to have other employment now.

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