3 ms·

The very first line: > Google isn’t planning to rid fake news from its search results -- but it’s trying to purge it from the top. They aren't removing anythi

The very first line: > Google isn’t planning to rid fake news from its search results -- but it’s trying to purge it from the top. They aren't removing anything, just being more picky when it comes to top news, which happens to be what things like the Assistant/Google Home use to reply to questions. To me, that's probably why they care about this so much, because if your kids asks "are dinosaurs real" to Google Home, replying "no" is a big big failure. It's honestly better if it doesn't say anything than a straight out lie.

gragas 10y ago
>To me, that's probably why they care about this so much, because if your kids asks "are dinosaurs real" to Google Home, replying "no" is a big big failure. It's honestly better if it doesn't say anything than a straight out lie. I'd rather not have Google make decisions like that for me.
- aswanson 10y ago
  So dont use google. Just make up any reality/answers you want.
  - gragas 10y ago
    >Just make up any reality/answers you want. What if I want my kids to understand that dinosaurs aren't real? Why should Google deflect from the truth? You're the one who suggested that.
    - aswanson 10y ago
      My bad, didn't detect the sarcasm through the text. These days, you never know...
tyingq 10y ago
>They aren't removing anything, just being more picky when it comes to top news, which happens to be what things like the Assistant/Google Home use to reply to questions. It's also what they use for rich snippets, and that's really prone to bad choices. I'm unclear on what, if any, breakthrough they've had to fix this. A US quarter is worth 50 cents: http://i.imgur.com/1nNreR2.png http://i.imgur.com/1nNreR2.png Using thin affiliate sites (that just want referral click payments) as sources for good information on reverse mortgages: http://imgur.com/a/mpayp http://imgur.com/a/mpayp http://imgur.com/a/IZmmJ http://imgur.com/a/IZmmJ Some others: http://imgur.com/a/6EDEP http://imgur.com/a/6EDEP I found these for another thread here, in the span of 10 minutes or so. They aren't rare outliers.

gragas 10y ago

>To me, that's probably why they care about this so much, because if your kids asks "are dinosaurs real" to Google Home, replying "no" is a big big failure. It's honestly better if it doesn't say anything than a straight out lie. I'd rather not have Google make decisions like that for me.

aswanson 10y ago
So dont use google. Just make up any reality/answers you want.
- gragas 10y ago
  >Just make up any reality/answers you want. What if I want my kids to understand that dinosaurs aren't real? Why should Google deflect from the truth? You're the one who suggested that.
  - aswanson 10y ago
    My bad, didn't detect the sarcasm through the text. These days, you never know...

tyingq 10y ago

>They aren't removing anything, just being more picky when it comes to top news, which happens to be what things like the Assistant/Google Home use to reply to questions. It's also what they use for rich snippets, and that's really prone to bad choices. I'm unclear on what, if any, breakthrough they've had to fix this. A US quarter is worth 50 cents: http://i.imgur.com/1nNreR2.png http://i.imgur.com/1nNreR2.png Using thin affiliate sites (that just want referral click payments) as sources for good information on reverse mortgages: http://imgur.com/a/mpayp http://imgur.com/a/mpayp http://imgur.com/a/IZmmJ http://imgur.com/a/IZmmJ Some others: http://imgur.com/a/6EDEP http://imgur.com/a/6EDEP I found these for another thread here, in the span of 10 minutes or so. They aren't rare outliers.