Gay Kindle Amazon Commercial

[JT Brooklyn]

Kindle/Amazon is running a very cute AD with a Hunk using their product on a Beach chair referring to his Husband at the Bar. Has anyone else noticed it?

[rvwnsd]

If you are referring to the one where the woman says "my husband is getting me a drink" and the guy says "so is mine!" I saw it about 10 minutes ago on HGTV.

[gallahadesquire]

[video=youtube;wY1UIES9wx8]

[JT Brooklyn]

Gay Hunk

 

Thanks gallahadesquire! That's the one! I'm liking the choice of the Hunky Guy they went with! :p

[Diverdan]

GREAT COMMERCIAL... great hunk is right, Brooklyn Guy... that should sell a lot of Kindles...

[JT Brooklyn]

GREAT COMMERCIAL... great hunk is right, Brooklyn Guy... that should sell a lot of Kindles...

 

There's alot of things I'm sure this Goodlooking MAN COULD sell with or without the Facial Hair! The Dude has Great Legs!

[Bosguy]

WONDERFUL Tastefully done and fun

 

Boston Bill

[whipped guy]

Cute commercial with two highly attractive principal actors... and the guy does have a nice scruffy yet clean-cut look (and great legs)... Now I am not exactly sure which husband belongs to whom... but I think both the guy and the gal could have done better no matter how that they are paired up... but still a clever and attention-grabbing concept.

[+ deej]

I saw it about 10 minutes ago on HGTV.

 

HGTV wouldn't surprise me, but I was a little surprised to see it air on ABC during "Scandal". Amazon ain't holding back any.

[JT Brooklyn]

HGTV wouldn't surprise me, but I was a little surprised to see it air on ABC during "Scandal". Amazon ain't holding back any.

I'm sure the Success of "Modern Family" has alot to do with the now more Liberal LGBT ABC attitude!

[tyro]

TOO cute! Maybe people are finally starting to wake up.

T

[Xander]

So glad to see that its finally profitable to be friendly to gays

[mmk123]

I think that corporate America is finally realizing that gay men and women are the ones with disposable income, not the married couple with kids. Since spending is not where it was last year, companies need to realize that they need to appeal to everyone and to stray away from traditional advertising.

[Frequentflier]

I think that corporate America is finally realizing that gay men and women are the ones with disposable income, not the married couple with kids. Since spending is not where it was last year, companies need to realize that they need to appeal to everyone and to stray away from traditional advertising.

 

Some people learn faster than others. For over 15 years my jobs have been more focused on revenue than anything else. I will gladly sell our products to anyone and market to any demographic, geography, etc. Bring, I'll cash it and ship/deliver And then thank you afterwards (and ask for the next sale). Heck, I'll even kiss a straight person for a sale

[Xander]

Heck, I'll even kiss a straight person for a sale

 

Me too

[tyro]

Promises, promises.........

T

[Rick Munroe]

Homophobic YouTube pulled the video for being against their "community guidelines" but was then forced to restore it after people protested.

[maninsoma]

The initial yanking of the video was probably done by a bot. If enough people flag something (and this video has been noticed by the nut cases on the religious right), YouTube probably has something in place that that flagged content automatically comes down. I sincerely doubt that some Google employee looked at this innocuous ad and thought it had to be pulled.

 

Homophobic YouTube pulled the video for being against their "community guidelines" but was then forced to restore it after people protested.

[Toulouse]

I think this ad is forward-thinking, refreshing and clever. I applaud Amazon for their support of our community. I'm sick of companies (i.e., Exxon, Chik-Fil-A, Wal-Mart, etc.) that act as if gay people don't exist or don't matter.

[Rick Munroe]

I sincerely doubt that some Google employee looked at this innocuous ad and thought it had to be pulled.

 

I didn't say that. Of course it was flagged by users. But YouTube has been proven to be homophobic, removing sexy videos of men while keeping similar videos featuring women.

[Pegasus]

Well done. Kudos to Amazon and whomever else is behind this commercial. Finally, equality is seeping into mainstream advertising, albeit slowly.

[+ FreshFluff]

I didn't say that. Of course it was flagged by users. But YouTube has been proven to be homophobic, removing sexy videos of men while keeping similar videos featuring women.

 

Given the number of videos that are flagged daily, the mechanism for removal has to be automatic, so if homophobic people target particular videos, they get taken down while the straight ones don't. It's a similar problem to the one faced by Craig's list, Yelp, and Wikipedia: How do you keep people from taking advantage of the system? I'm not sure what the solution is.

 

Google has been publicly supportive of GLBT rights, but beyond that, discrimination bad for business. If this is driving gay viewers away, I'm sure the founders would be interested in hearing about it Why not document the videos that have been removed and the similar straight-oriented ones that have not been removed, and start emailing? A quick solution may not exist for the reason I mentioned, but that will get them thinking about the problem.

[Rick Munroe]

Given the number of videos that are flagged daily, the mechanism for removal has to be automatic, so if homophobic people target particular videos, they get taken down while the straight ones don't. It's a similar problem to the one faced by Craig's list, Yelp, and Wikipedia: How do you keep people from taking advantage of the system? I'm not sure what the solution is.

 

Google has been publicly supportive of GLBT rights, but beyond that, discrimination bad for business. If this is driving gay viewers away, I'm sure the founders would be interested in hearing about it Why not document the videos that have been removed and the similar straight-oriented ones that have not been removed, and start emailing? A quick solution may not exist for the reason I mentioned, but that will get them thinking about the problem.

 

According to YouTube's own explanation after the brouhaha over this video removal, it was flagged by users but it then got reviewed by a staff member, who made the decision whether or not to remove. So, there definitely was a human component. You make a good point that obviously there are more homophobes flagging sexy gay videos. I actually did contact YT about another video that was unjustly removed, and the automated response was less than informative or helpful. Good point though to keep documenting and contacting them...if anyone is actually reading!

[+ FreshFluff]

Yeah, YT's got a near monopoly on the non-porn video market, so they don't have much incentive to be helpful to individual users, unfortunately.

 

It sounds like the staff people only look at what's actually flagged and tend to delete if a video is on the borderline. Here's one possible scenario: It could be that the videos you're talking about, both gay and straight, are in that very grey area. So regular users don't notice the straight ones, while the homophobes feel like they have an excuse to flag the gay ones (as I mentioned above).

 

It takes some work to be heard, if you document and have enough people email them, there will be pressure to straighten this out.One way would be to put less weight on flags by those who mostly flag gay videos. Of course, that would involve some additional steps, such as tagging videos as gay or straight.

[+ Hoover42]

I already have two Kindles, and after seeing this ad, I bought another one!