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Anything not backed by sources? And again, the article doesn't say they are "removing" fake news, Google's just being more pick with their "rich snippets". If s
by ehsankia 10y ago
Anything not backed by sources? And again, the article doesn't say they are "removing" fake news, Google's just being more pick with their "rich snippets". If something is controversial, then you probably don't want to have Google straight out saying "X is true" or "Y is true", unless you have strong evidence about either.
In the actually search results, I get to see a dozen links with probably varying answers, but for something like Google Home which only reads the top one, I'd rather get no answer at all than a potentially wrong one.
- makomk 10y agoHave you noticed how much US political coverage is based solely on anonymous sources, often ones whose political biases and level of knowledge about their claims are not disclosed to the reader?
- ehsankia 10y agoSure, and imo, those more complicated questions which don't have a clear answer shouldn't be top snippets. Snippets are things that you can explain in 1-2 sentence. Most of those political issues are far more complicated and require paragraphs to fully understand all the nuances and sides of the story. A simple quick reply by Google Home isn't gonna cut it, so they shouldn't even offer it. That's the difference, when I search something on my PC and get 10 different results I can read through, vs when I ask Google and get a single sentence back, or see a snippet at the top with a single sentence.