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> that's a fail, period. I disagree. If that's what people are viewing and if that's where the discussion of the news was happening then google should reflect

> that's a fail, period. I disagree. If that's what people are viewing and if that's where the discussion of the news was happening then google should reflect that. If 4chan was the only source google was pushing then fine. But as long as google is posting a wide variety of "news", then anything, including 4chan should be allowed. Edit: People forget that the TMZ and even the inquirer used to be attacked also but they have produced fine journalism from time to time. And establishment organizations like Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, NYTimes, etc have produced terrible journalism from time to time. No entity has a complete monopoly on facts and news. We should have diverse set of news/opinions/etc.

tethys 9y ago
> discussion of the news That's the problem. If I get the article right, Google listed results from 4chan in their news boxes that appear above search results –– and that's a problem because in this place you'd expect trustworthy information and not just some speculation. Listing a discussion (even if it's on 4chan) within the regular search results is not a problem and not what the author is criticizing.
abrahamepton 9y ago
> If that's what people are viewing and if that's where the discussion of the news was happening then google should reflect that. Nope. Nooooope. Nuh uh. Not at all. Could not disagree more profoundly. Google has a responsibility to its users. Surfacing a 4Chan result in a top-results box is a fail for those users who see it. The Google search results in that case are worse than returning nothing at all. Let me put it differently. There are some sites that should never be treated as authoritative on any subject under any circumstances. 4Chan is one of those sites. It's one thing for a user to be looking for something _on 4Chan_ but for anyone else, 4Chan results are garbage and an algorithm fail 100% of the time (at least, that's what I would argue; obviously I do not work at Google and cannot speak for them).

tethys 9y ago

> discussion of the news That's the problem. If I get the article right, Google listed results from 4chan in their news boxes that appear above search results –– and that's a problem because in this place you'd expect trustworthy information and not just some speculation. Listing a discussion (even if it's on 4chan) within the regular search results is not a problem and not what the author is criticizing.

abrahamepton 9y ago

> If that's what people are viewing and if that's where the discussion of the news was happening then google should reflect that. Nope. Nooooope. Nuh uh. Not at all. Could not disagree more profoundly. Google has a responsibility to its users. Surfacing a 4Chan result in a top-results box is a fail for those users who see it. The Google search results in that case are worse than returning nothing at all. Let me put it differently. There are some sites that should never be treated as authoritative on any subject under any circumstances. 4Chan is one of those sites. It's one thing for a user to be looking for something _on 4Chan_ but for anyone else, 4Chan results are garbage and an algorithm fail 100% of the time (at least, that's what I would argue; obviously I do not work at Google and cannot speak for them).