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Why tune the algorithm in a way that would make the service less useful just because some people are sensitive? I guarantee you I've been helped by google sugge
by paulgb 17y ago
Why tune the algorithm in a way that would make the service less useful just because some people are sensitive? I guarantee you I've been helped by google suggestions that occur less frequency on the web than, say, "islam is false" (which, judging from other religions, would be suggested if it were not blocked).
- amichail 17y agoWhat about racist suggestions?
- paulgb 17y agoHow does a frequency cutoff filter out racist suggestions? Or were you referring to another sort of automatic cutoff? NB. Interestingly, "christians are" and "atheists are" don't return any results either.
- amichail 17y agoI suspect it would filter out much of what is offensive. But you need to try it and see.
- paulgb 17y ago"white people are stupid" (without quotes) has 218 million results. It's one of the suggestions that google (presumably) blocks. That's many more results than a lot of useful suggestions ("michael jackson songs" has 88 million). It turns out "(race or religion or nationality) are" is blocked for most races, religions, and nationalities.