Amazon Gags On Gaga · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @04:26AM from the ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga dept.

theodp writes "Having hawked Google Chrome over the weekend with an ad that aired on SNL, Lady Gaga turned her attention Monday to hyping Amazon's Cloud Player service. Fans were delighted to learn that they could download Gaga's entire 'Born This Way' album for a mere $0.99, until technical difficulties set in. 'Amazon is experiencing high volume and downloads are delayed,' Amazon said in a statement. 'If customers order today, they will get the full Lady Gaga, Born This Way album for $0.99. Thanks for your patience.' Some frustrated users meted out one-star ratings for the album as their way of protesting Amazon's slow service, lowering the album's rating to three stars. So, was that karma for upstaging Donald Knuth at the Googleplex?"

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Re:Thanks for inappropriate ratings by frank_adrian314159 · 2011-05-24 05:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

[Delay of Lady Gaga downloading leading to sabotage of an online rating system] is quite frankly terrifying to me.
Dude, if bad ratings having nothing to do with you on an online site terrify you, you need psychological help. Either that or you need serious help with vocabulary (because you don't understand the meaning of the word "terrify") or your overuse of hyperbole.

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