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What a ridiculous, reactionary article. "did the holocaust happen" connotes that the Holocaust didn't happen and therefore results relevant to that appear in t

by dqv 10y ago

What a ridiculous, reactionary article. "did the holocaust happen" connotes that the Holocaust didn't happen and therefore results relevant to that appear in the search. Further, most people who believe it did happen and want more information will just search "holocaust". You can't change human nature (at least you can't do so with search results alone). You don't stop abhorrent ideas by trying to censor them (it only emboldens these people and their response to the censorship is that they must be right because then no one would try to hide "the truth" from them) >If Stormfront is back at number one when you read this, it’s because I’ve run out of funds. Each click through costs £1.12 and I have a £200 per day limit. @carolecadwalla on Twitter for more information. Asking for money...

LordWinstanley 10y ago
>>"did the holocaust happen" connotes that the Holocaust didn't happen and therefore results relevant to that appear in the search. Further, most people who believe it did happen and want more information will just search "holocaust". Exactly! I was just about to post something similar myself. That the holocaust did happen is accepted as fact by the vast majority. So, by definition, the only people writing who are going to be even considering the question will be people claiming that it didn't. Likewise, anyone using the search term "did the holocaust happen" is [for whatever reason] seeking out an alternate view. It's like someone searching for "Is the Earth flat". As most sane people already know the Earth is not, it's a non-issue. The only people taking to the internet to debate the shape of the Earth, therefore, are highly likely to be Flat-Earther lunatics and hence those results are likely to come top of the Google rankings. It doesn't mean there's suddenly a huge wave of people worried about taking a boat journey over the horizon.
LordWinstanley 10y ago
>>>If Stormfront is back at number one when you read this, it’s because I’ve run out of funds. Each click through costs £1.12 and I have a £200 per day limit. @carolecadwalla on Twitter for more information. Just for 'the LULZ', I'm tempted to take out a Google Adsense on "did carole cadwalla actually happen"

by dqv 10y ago

LordWinstanley 10y ago

>>"did the holocaust happen" connotes that the Holocaust didn't happen and therefore results relevant to that appear in the search. Further, most people who believe it did happen and want more information will just search "holocaust". Exactly! I was just about to post something similar myself. That the holocaust did happen is accepted as fact by the vast majority. So, by definition, the only people writing who are going to be even considering the question will be people claiming that it didn't. Likewise, anyone using the search term "did the holocaust happen" is [for whatever reason] seeking out an alternate view. It's like someone searching for "Is the Earth flat". As most sane people already know the Earth is not, it's a non-issue. The only people taking to the internet to debate the shape of the Earth, therefore, are highly likely to be Flat-Earther lunatics and hence those results are likely to come top of the Google rankings. It doesn't mean there's suddenly a huge wave of people worried about taking a boat journey over the horizon.

LordWinstanley 10y ago

>>>If Stormfront is back at number one when you read this, it’s because I’ve run out of funds. Each click through costs £1.12 and I have a £200 per day limit. @carolecadwalla on Twitter for more information. Just for 'the LULZ', I'm tempted to take out a Google Adsense on "did carole cadwalla actually happen"