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Wow. Yup, the results are being tweaked as we speak, which in-and-of-itself its pretty interesting actually i.e. that the BING keepers manipulate specific resu
by canada_dry 5y ago
Wow. Yup, the results are being tweaked as we speak, which in-and-of-itself its pretty interesting actually i.e. that the BING keepers manipulate specific results on-the-fly.
I'm not sure that's reassuring/comforting!
- phreeza 5y agoWhat do you mean my manipulate? That implies there is some kind of "natural" order that is being deviated from, which there isn't. It's all defined by the "bing keepers".
- canada_dry 5y agoManipulate as in: the general ranking algorithms were explicitly overridden for a very specific search phase. I guess it shouldn't really surprise anyone that they have this capability for edge cases, but it begs the question what other results are being manipulated for political or corporate self interest.
- phreeza 5y agoI think one should also not have any illusion that the general ranking algorithm is somehow special and untarnished. It is also optimized for Bing revenue, not any kind of higher ideal.
- cc9one 5y agoHow can you come to the conclusion that Bing is solely optimized for revenue?
- emteycz 5y agoIt's owned by a for-profit corporation.
- bingbong70 5y agoWhat incentive does Bing have to hide evidence of a failed CIA coup attempt in China?
- emteycz 5y agoI personally believe it was a mistake. Safe search must be hard to maintain.
- jmpman 5y agoDo you seriously believe that the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 were backed by the CIA? What evidence do you have?
- bingbong70 5y ago>Do you seriously believe that the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 were backed by the CIA? Western intelligence generally rush to protect their assets, or at least they used to... These regime change attempts have been ongoing for about a century, opium/heroin dealers/criminals and their western partners/suppliers didn't like getting shutdown by the Chinese government, primarily Mao. When people ask, "Why is China a Surveillance State?", this is why... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird
- jmpman 5y agoOk, the CIA, British Secret service, and Jackie Chan helped the protesters escape China. That wasn’t my question. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_for_Democracy_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_for_Democracy_in_Chi... Was the primary driver of the Tiananmen Square protest caused by the CIA? Every credible source I’ve found indicates that the CIA was trying to figure out what was going on, but not initiating the protest. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html
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