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julesjones ([personal profile] julesjones) wrote2012-12-08 08:54 am

The hazards of story research

Amazon is now firmly convinced that I am interested in buying luxury shaving paraphernalia for Christmas, and keeps sending me emails about sandlewood shaving soap and safety razors. Except that it's now given up on that as a bad job and wants to tell me about bargains in electric razors.

Dear Amazon algorithm: even if it was me and not my characters who was interested in these things, a clear interest in old-fashioned ways of shaving does not indicate an interest in electric razors.

I could really confuse it now and start shopping for women's electric razors. :-)