3 ms·

I agree. These kind of posts make me a little nauseated to be honest. The only reason this person is bragging about being tracked and monitored online is becaus

I agree. These kind of posts make me a little nauseated to be honest. The only reason this person is bragging about being tracked and monitored online is because it resulted in a job at a prestigious marketing company. The vast majority are just being tracked and monitored, no job offered.

jordanpg 11y ago
It is nauseating because it's a 1000 word humblebrag. Look at this guy's bio: > Max has a degree in mathematics from Yale University where he received multiple awards from the math department including the Barge Prize and the Runk Prize. He previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group where he worked on projects in computer hardware and biopharmaceuticals. His interests include data analysis, hiking, pad thai, and skiing. This essay reads like he is just discovering the magic of the internet for the first time, and is swept away by the user experience that Google has provided just for him! No, somehow I suspect that he would have gotten a job wherever he decided to apply. But apropos of the first comment, I wonder how much Google already knew about him before the challenge was displayed. In other words, is it just triggered by keywords? Or does the algorithm also take into account what else is known about the user doing the searching?
- at-fates-hands 11y ago
  >>>> Google already knew about him before the challenge was displayed. This seems a little unsettling when you think about it. As if they had been tracking him and just waiting for the right moment to spring this on him. I wonder how receptive he would have been had they approached him in a more traditional manner. Perhaps because of the uniqueness of their approach he was more receptive to going along with it? Had this happened to me, I probably would have done an Elliot Alderson and tossed my PC in the microwave.
- compactmani 11y ago
  It would be a missed opportunity not to include such features. Google are not ones to miss opportunities when it comes to mining personal information.

jordanpg 11y ago

It is nauseating because it's a 1000 word humblebrag. Look at this guy's bio: > Max has a degree in mathematics from Yale University where he received multiple awards from the math department including the Barge Prize and the Runk Prize. He previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group where he worked on projects in computer hardware and biopharmaceuticals. His interests include data analysis, hiking, pad thai, and skiing. This essay reads like he is just discovering the magic of the internet for the first time, and is swept away by the user experience that Google has provided just for him! No, somehow I suspect that he would have gotten a job wherever he decided to apply. But apropos of the first comment, I wonder how much Google already knew about him before the challenge was displayed. In other words, is it just triggered by keywords? Or does the algorithm also take into account what else is known about the user doing the searching?

at-fates-hands 11y ago
>>>> Google already knew about him before the challenge was displayed. This seems a little unsettling when you think about it. As if they had been tracking him and just waiting for the right moment to spring this on him. I wonder how receptive he would have been had they approached him in a more traditional manner. Perhaps because of the uniqueness of their approach he was more receptive to going along with it? Had this happened to me, I probably would have done an Elliot Alderson and tossed my PC in the microwave.
compactmani 11y ago
It would be a missed opportunity not to include such features. Google are not ones to miss opportunities when it comes to mining personal information.