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It remains amusing to me that Google is able to be stymied by what is probably a ~200 person or less sweatshop of hackers and spammers. It doesn't match all th
by tyingq 5y ago
It remains amusing to me that Google is able to be stymied by what is probably a ~200 person or less sweatshop of hackers and spammers. It doesn't match all their bravado about their level of expertise in AI/ML, automation, troves of metadata and historical patterns, etc.
- Aunche 5y agoIt's not a symmetric battle. The team of hackers and spammers has nothing to lose. Even if they're only successful 1% of the time, it's still a win.
- tyingq 5y agoI'd venture it has more to do with where Google applies all that expertise. If it were hurting them, I imagine they would solve it quickly.
- Scarblac 5y agoAnd even without all the AI, nothing is stopping Google from employing ten thousand human moderators or whatever.
- ChrisLomont 5y agoCost is a really big stopping reason. The problem not being worth solving to Google is another.