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This is an important distinction, albeit semantic and somewhat contrived. If I believe the earth is flat, I may find much evidence to corroborate that theory vi
by gjvc 5y ago
This is an important distinction, albeit semantic and somewhat contrived. If I believe the earth is flat, I may find much evidence to corroborate that theory via Google. Though I may ignore the overwhelmingly greater volume of evidence to the contrary, I will still find what I want. So is it now a search for "the facts" or "the facts that I want" ? The AdSense model is arguably tilted towards the latter.
- ColinHayhurst 5y agoIt is. We also see this as an issue of "objective search". Two users we think should see exactly the same set of results, for a given query and settings they can control (eg location/language setting). That's another positive that comes from our stance on no-tracking; with no harvested personal data, we can't "personalise". So no steering users into content reinforcment whirlpools and/or ad-pulling filter bubbles.