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I don't see what the big deal here. The serial killer really did exist, and has the same name as the author of the blog post. Searching for "Hristo Georgiev
by tytso 5y ago
I don't see what the big deal here. The serial killer really did exist, and has the same name as the author of the blog post. Searching for "Hristo Georgiev" using Bing and DuckDuckGo turns up the article about the serial killer as the first link. Why is this not "DuckDuckGo turned me into a serial killer", other than people hating on Google?
Suppose his name was "Thomas Edison"; would the title of the article then read, "How Google turned me into the inventor of the light bulb"?
Or suppose someone shared the name, with say, Slobodan Milosevic; is it Google's fault that a web search of that person's name turns up articles about someone who was charged with genocide and other war crimes?
- ashtonbaker 5y agoYou may have missed that the photograph is not a photograph of the serial killer, but rather the author of the blog post.
- imperistan 5y agothe big deal is that the author's photo is shown next to the information about the serial killer. If that wasn't the case, it wouldn't have been a problem of course.
- objectivetruth 5y agoThe photo that Google shows in the results is the problem, NOT a link to the Wiki article. Google put a picture of Hristo-the-NON-serial-killer alongside a small article about Hristo-the-serial-killer. You really don't think that's a "big deal" to the Non-Serial-Killer?
- varjag 5y agoThe photo in the Google summary card is that of the author, not of the serial killer.
- thecsw 5y agoThe whole point of the post is that Google grabbed his picture and attached it to the search card of said killer, so it looks like he is that person not only by name, but by first searched photo as well.
- gwoplock 5y ago>Why is this not "DuckDuckGo turned me into a serial killer", other than people hating on Google? I think it is mostly Google using his picture with the incorrect description below. I feel that is harder to catch for someone taking a quick glance than if the correct picture was used.