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Oh how I wish this was intended as a joke.

sp332 16y ago
Google is putting the interests of other corporations over those of its users or investors. This is not a laughing matter.
- sorbus 16y ago
  > This is not a laughing matter. The fact that they're not actively pushing users to searching for certain bittorrent-related terms may not be a laughing matter, but the way people are responding to it certainly is.
  - marshray 16y ago
    I think that this idea that Google's autocomplete functionality is "actively pushing users" is dangerous because it could equally be applied to search results, or anything else. It seems to imply that anything Google returns has equivalent potential agenda and bias. The idea of Google being "fair" seems based on the premise of a strict firewall between advertising/promoted links and the famous algorithm for recommending results that users most likely actually want to find. If they're any smarter than Yahoo, they'll understand the second is what enables the first. It would sure turn my world upside-down if it ends up that Bing wins takes the "fairest search" title in the minds of the users. But we may be seeing early hints of Google faltering here. Could there be any connection with the recent executive rearrangement here?
guelo 16y ago
Either state your counter-argument or stfu, this above the fray snark is insulting and useless.
- guelo 16y ago
  OK, I'll burn more karma because I'm feeling feisty today. marshray is concerned about Google's move, just like a lot of other people. boredguy8 is obviously not concerned and thinks marshray's concerns are so dumb that they would be better as a joke. But he doesn't say why he thinks those concerns are a joke, he's just condescendingly pointing and laughing and calling marshray stupid. How is that acceptable debate? Like I said it is insulting and useless. If you are going to downvote me please explain what's wrong with what I'm saying.
  - marshray 16y ago
    Thanks for that explanation. It's really odd how the quality of logic (and balance of moderation) on this site sometimes seems to dip below what would be expected on Slashdot.

sp332 16y ago

Google is putting the interests of other corporations over those of its users or investors. This is not a laughing matter.

sorbus 16y ago
> This is not a laughing matter. The fact that they're not actively pushing users to searching for certain bittorrent-related terms may not be a laughing matter, but the way people are responding to it certainly is.
- marshray 16y ago
  I think that this idea that Google's autocomplete functionality is "actively pushing users" is dangerous because it could equally be applied to search results, or anything else. It seems to imply that anything Google returns has equivalent potential agenda and bias. The idea of Google being "fair" seems based on the premise of a strict firewall between advertising/promoted links and the famous algorithm for recommending results that users most likely actually want to find. If they're any smarter than Yahoo, they'll understand the second is what enables the first. It would sure turn my world upside-down if it ends up that Bing wins takes the "fairest search" title in the minds of the users. But we may be seeing early hints of Google faltering here. Could there be any connection with the recent executive rearrangement here?

guelo 16y ago

Either state your counter-argument or stfu, this above the fray snark is insulting and useless.

guelo 16y ago
OK, I'll burn more karma because I'm feeling feisty today. marshray is concerned about Google's move, just like a lot of other people. boredguy8 is obviously not concerned and thinks marshray's concerns are so dumb that they would be better as a joke. But he doesn't say why he thinks those concerns are a joke, he's just condescendingly pointing and laughing and calling marshray stupid. How is that acceptable debate? Like I said it is insulting and useless. If you are going to downvote me please explain what's wrong with what I'm saying.
- marshray 16y ago
  Thanks for that explanation. It's really odd how the quality of logic (and balance of moderation) on this site sometimes seems to dip below what would be expected on Slashdot.