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I wonder if this has anything to do with the recently leaked posts that shows google staff used the google search front end to target specific demographics they

by nullc 7y ago

I wonder if this has anything to do with the recently leaked posts that shows google staff used the google search front end to target specific demographics they expected to vote for a particular candidate and then were shocked and upset when a substantial minority portion of those populations voted for different candidates? If discussions are leading to credible allegations that a company was promoting candidates using their marketing resources in violation of campaign finance laws, it would be easy to understand why they might want to get those discussions offline.

rdtsc 7y ago
> I wonder if this has anything to do with the recently leaked posts that shows google staff used the google search front end to target specific demographics they expected to vote for a particular candidate and then were shocked and upset when a substantial minority portion of those populations voted for different candidates? That's my thought. It sounds that the discussions were always inflamed and lively. But why the change now, right after all that stuff came out? I suspect they are afraid of more leakers, and are afraid of lawsuits which would trigger discovery and then all the internal politics will get dump out.
joshuamorton 7y ago
Could you link to the evidence of that, because I think you'll find that upon even a cursory investigation, it doesn't exist.
- nullc 7y ago
  I could, but the google leaked documents have been aggressively removed from any site I've seen them posted on (HN, reddit, etc.) presumably under (BS) legal threat from google. If you give me an email address, I'll send you links privately.
  - joshuamorton 7y ago
    I'm <user>@google.com, among others. I presume your talking about one of the two leaks via veritas. Those don't say what you claim they do. I also expect your assumptions about legal threats are wrong. But such claims are easy to make sans evidence, and they do feel good.

by nullc 7y ago

rdtsc 7y ago

> I wonder if this has anything to do with the recently leaked posts that shows google staff used the google search front end to target specific demographics they expected to vote for a particular candidate and then were shocked and upset when a substantial minority portion of those populations voted for different candidates? That's my thought. It sounds that the discussions were always inflamed and lively. But why the change now, right after all that stuff came out? I suspect they are afraid of more leakers, and are afraid of lawsuits which would trigger discovery and then all the internal politics will get dump out.

joshuamorton 7y ago

Could you link to the evidence of that, because I think you'll find that upon even a cursory investigation, it doesn't exist.

nullc 7y ago
I could, but the google leaked documents have been aggressively removed from any site I've seen them posted on (HN, reddit, etc.) presumably under (BS) legal threat from google. If you give me an email address, I'll send you links privately.
- joshuamorton 7y ago
  I'm <user>@google.com, among others. I presume your talking about one of the two leaks via veritas. Those don't say what you claim they do. I also expect your assumptions about legal threats are wrong. But such claims are easy to make sans evidence, and they do feel good.