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If a representation is factually true, can it still be algorithmically unfair?

• w0mbat 6y ago
  Google's job is to portray the World as it is, not a desired fictional version. How would people even be motivated to change the status quo if it's hidden from them?
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  • iujjkfjdkkdkf 6y ago
    Google's job is to get people to click on ads, and preserve their position by keeping a big portion of the world's elite tech talent well fed and docile.
    • Arnt 6y ago
      Spoken like the CEO of Excite. You know the story? If you don't, I can tell you how it ended: His simplistic ideas about clicking and ads led to the company's demise.
  • swirepe 6y ago
    Google is an advertising company.
    • w0mbat 6y ago
      That's kind of a meaningless statement. Any search-ad revenue Google gets is a side-effect of users going to Google for good quality search results. Worse results would lead to fewer users, fewer ads sold, less revenue. The ad money is in fact a major motivation to provide top quality search at all costs.
      • swirepe 6y ago
        >Any search-ad revenue Google gets is a side-effect of users going to Google for good quality search results. Worse results would lead to fewer users, fewer ads sold, less revenue. I did the Noogler training too. What you said might have been true before "google it" became the verb people use for "search".
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