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> it's not like Pinterest is intentionally ignoring a spec or designing a page that misleads search engine crawlers And > The problem is that their pages expl
by jrflowers 3y ago
> it's not like Pinterest is intentionally ignoring a spec or designing a page that misleads search engine crawlers
And
> The problem is that their pages exploit a flaw in Google's crawler…
I apparently misunderstood your phrasing of “exploit” to mean something intentional. You submit that Pinterest is unintentionally exploiting a flaw in a way that both drives traffic to them and ruins search.
I suppose in my shit soup analogy, the thing you’d explain is that there’s shit in the bowl because the laws of physics coincidentally allow shit to rest in a bowl.
- Nextgrid 3y agoApologies - I've edited my original comment to make it clearer that I meant "exploit" in a non-intentional way.
- jrflowers 3y agoIs there a possibly extant universe wherein Pinterest is acting both intentionally and destructively to the detriment of everyone else? I’d like to add that Hanlon’s razor is a fun bit of internet lore wherein we pretend humans do not act intentionally that’s based on, uhhh…