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> Baseless insinuation that tech companies are staffed by agenda driven liberals who tamper with search results and purge straight white male employees Is this

by Chris2048 6y ago

> Baseless insinuation that tech companies are staffed by agenda driven liberals who tamper with search results and purge straight white male employees Is this baseless? Was the Breitbart discussion not legitimate? or the google materials [1], or the github slides [2]? [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/ok-google-youve-been-served-1516044100 https://www.wsj.com/articles/ok-google-youve-been-served-151... [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story... edit: 2 mins in and already downvoted. Is this still a hacker discussion site, or just minimal linked-in..

scohesc 6y ago
There's probably a non-insignificant number of people working for Alphabet that browse this site, so don't be surprised. There's definite social media and search bias against more right-leaning content. After the 2016 election Google decided it needed to become "the good censor" against "fake news" and "false facts" - when they're really alternate viewpoints that the loud minority screams is harmful to society.
- Chris2048 6y ago
  In this case I'm highlighting the "alternate viewpoints" that appear tolerated within these institutions; from the google link (here is a better link: https://outline.com/wSwEF7 https://outline.com/wSwEF7 ): “If you want to increase diversity at Google, fire all the bigoted white men” “by being a white male you are in a privileged class that is actively harmful to others.” and github: “this is not work for white folks to lead” “some of the biggest barriers to progress are white women” If these are fake news that should be dismissed or ignored, I'd like to see evidence of that given the power of such corps to be able to push these views. My suspicions is they aren't fake, so much as "not a big deal", in someone's opinion, that I probably don't agree with. I mean, if diversity (of race) is important for creating unbiased software e.g facial recognition, then a lack of diversity outside "liberal" perspectives should also lead to chilling outcomes (such as the above).
- ksk 6y ago
  Its a win-by-default stance. Democrats embrace science, Republicans are anti-science; science is the truth, ergo dems good, repubs bad. QED. Ironically, I've had far more left-leaning friends who believe in crackpot stuff like aroma healing/acupuncture/chakra/spiritual/crystals nonsense. The most my rural side of the family can be accused of is having a more-than-healthy attraction to guns and hunting.. :)

scohesc 6y ago

There's probably a non-insignificant number of people working for Alphabet that browse this site, so don't be surprised. There's definite social media and search bias against more right-leaning content. After the 2016 election Google decided it needed to become "the good censor" against "fake news" and "false facts" - when they're really alternate viewpoints that the loud minority screams is harmful to society.

Chris2048 6y ago
In this case I'm highlighting the "alternate viewpoints" that appear tolerated within these institutions; from the google link (here is a better link: https://outline.com/wSwEF7 https://outline.com/wSwEF7 ): “If you want to increase diversity at Google, fire all the bigoted white men” “by being a white male you are in a privileged class that is actively harmful to others.” and github: “this is not work for white folks to lead” “some of the biggest barriers to progress are white women” If these are fake news that should be dismissed or ignored, I'd like to see evidence of that given the power of such corps to be able to push these views. My suspicions is they aren't fake, so much as "not a big deal", in someone's opinion, that I probably don't agree with. I mean, if diversity (of race) is important for creating unbiased software e.g facial recognition, then a lack of diversity outside "liberal" perspectives should also lead to chilling outcomes (such as the above).
ksk 6y ago
Its a win-by-default stance. Democrats embrace science, Republicans are anti-science; science is the truth, ergo dems good, repubs bad. QED. Ironically, I've had far more left-leaning friends who believe in crackpot stuff like aroma healing/acupuncture/chakra/spiritual/crystals nonsense. The most my rural side of the family can be accused of is having a more-than-healthy attraction to guns and hunting.. :)