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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY @amazonDE! 🎂
356 days of ignoring a systemic failure in your metadata!
It all began with one typo...and it became so much more!
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Day 401
@AmazonDE still doesn't care that it has a systemic #metadata problem, that affects several actors and includes mixed up casts, mangled & wrong names, broken searchability and mixed franchises.
THIS IS NOT JUST A TYPO!
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#namesmatter
100+ days of the world’s largest retailer failing to correct the names of major actors like Tom Hiddleston, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson… What does that say about how much they value the very artists they profit from?
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Day 394
For 5171 days @twhiddleston has been creditem as #Hiddlestone at the world largest retailer. And I found so much more over the past year…
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#namesmatter #enshittification
Ok...this just made my morning! For every #tomhiddlston fan out there, go to @google and search for "the hiddlestone artefact".
Now I cant stop grinning. 😊
#namesmatter #respecttheartist #glorioustypo
Tanja retweeted
The typo wasn't the interesting part. What happened after I reported it was.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
I reported a typo. I accidentally started a 365-day investigation.
What I found might even surprise YOU: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
365 days ago, I asked Amazon to fix a name. That got…interesting.
Curious? Good! 😏
Read more here: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
The typo wasn't the interesting part. What happened after I reported it was. Can you guess? The answer might surprise you. 😏
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
What happens when nobody owns the metadata? I spent a year finding out.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
One typo. 365 days. A much bigger problem. A systemic #metadata failure.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
A name was misspelled. That was the beginning. 365 days later, this is what I have found: archive.org/details/365-days…
Metadata that no one owns and no one feels responsible fixing.
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
I thought I had found a typo. I found a system. A VERY faulty system. A system that no one bothers to fix.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
How bad can one catalogue typo really be? Apparently much worse than I expected. I spent a year finding out.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
365 days later, the typo is still only the beginning of the story.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT
Tanja retweeted
What started as a typo became an investigation into catalogue integrity.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
365 days later, the typo is still only the beginning of the story.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
How does one typo survive for 14 years? I decided to find out.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
How many errors can hide inside a catalogue before someone notices? Apparently, quite a lot.
Full report: is.gd/AmazonDEMetadata
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#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
What happens when bad metadata travels through a supply chain? I followed it through international platforms.
All findings: is.gd/AmazonDEMetadata
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
One year of looking at Amazon metadata taught me something uncomfortable: errors don't necessarily stay where they started. They spread.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days…
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata
Tanja retweeted
Names were corrupted. Credits were wrong. Records appeared contaminated across titles. Search results were incomplete.
And this started with one extra “e”.
Full report: archive.org/details/365-days… & is.gd/AmazonDEMetadata
#namesmatter #enshittification #amazonfail #OSINT #Metadata