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Google: The end is nigh
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoGoogle's big enough to live as a zombie for years. The end is not nigh. But in another sense, the end may be nigh. If this kind of insanity spills over into skewing the search results, well, that's the end of Google as we knew it, even if the company survives. I think that way too many people have become addicted to outrage (on more than one side). And yes, I really meant "addicted" - there's an emotional high that people might become at least psychologically dependent on. If you allow that to keep going on in your company, it will cause real damage, both to individuals and to the company.
- Latteland 8y agoThat article is just a complaint that people in google want to be really inclusive, ie pointing out that not everyone has a family if they are an orphan - that's not the most evil thing. It uses words that are meant to incite people with a particular political persuasion (snowflake).
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoSure, but... was the offense worthy of the outrage? Is every microtransgression worthy of outrage? And, is a company the right stage for fighting this? For publicly fighting this? I would say "no" to every one of these questions, except the third. "Snowflake" is a loaded term, sure, but the super-easily-offended behavior does rather fit the common understanding of the term...