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So evidently taking Schmidt's words out of context and putting them into inflammatory headlines is the new black.
by yanw 16y ago
So evidently taking Schmidt's words out of context and putting them into inflammatory headlines is the new black.
- icey 16y agoThe statement as reported doesn't appear to have a different meaning than the statement when read in context; unless I've missed an obvious piece of nuance.
- angstrom 16y agoOn the flip side, Google gathers data. It's part of its DNA. It's hard not to sound creepy. It will be officially creepy when he hits all the points of the Santa Clause song.
- icey 16y agoI agree with you about this being part of Google's DNA. But really, they need to get a mouthpiece that doesn't sound so creepy every time they try to tell someone what they're up to. They need someone with some sense of spin doing these interviews.
- arebop 16y agoYeah, if anything techcrunch's new context supplies a suggestion that the reader think about the creepiness of personalization. The intended meaning of the phrase seems clear enough without the rest of the paragraph. There's nothing unfair about honest editorializing.
- jcl 16y agoSchmidt's point in his speech is that Google can use what they know about web surfers to provide better service to them. By cutting the phrase down to just the headline, it makes Google's motives sound more questionable. It is like the difference between Netflix announcing "We track everything you watch" versus "We can recommend movies you might like, because we track everything you watch".
- scrame 16y agoIts from Techcrunch, thats pretty much their business model.