self@awful.systems
on 13 Feb 2024 15:40
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now I’m wondering if there’s a hall of shame for all the scams, woo, and garbage that’s been caught buying its way onto the NYT bestseller list. it doesn’t even take a lot of money to game the damn thing — I vaguely remember a couple of D-tier fanfic authors breaking into writing novels by throwing money away to get on the list
sonori@beehaw.org
on 13 Feb 2024 19:24
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I believe the way it’s weighted you just need 1k to 2k sales a week for a few weeks.
dgerard@awful.systems
on 13 Feb 2024 21:35
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there’s no list in wikipedia, but it’d be a great project
fasterandworse@awful.systems
on 13 Feb 2024 16:10
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how embarrassment
they can waste energy in analog too
froztbyte@awful.systems
on 14 Feb 2024 17:17
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So good it’s absolutely lying off the shelves!
dgerard@awful.systems
on 14 Feb 2024 22:48
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now I’m wondering if there’s a hall of shame for all the scams, woo, and garbage that’s been caught buying its way onto the NYT bestseller list. it doesn’t even take a lot of money to game the damn thing — I vaguely remember a couple of D-tier fanfic authors breaking into writing novels by throwing money away to get on the list
I believe the way it’s weighted you just need 1k to 2k sales a week for a few weeks.
there’s no list in wikipedia, but it’d be a great project
how embarrassment
they can waste energy in analog too
So good it’s absolutely lying off the shelves!
* being flown
each page of this book is statistically more likely to become a paper airplane than it is to be read
YC funding novel flight application technology!