5 ms·

How about just asking, "Hey Matt, can you say something about why you decided spam links should count for negative value instead of 0?" I've never met him, but

by pinko 13y ago

How about just asking, "Hey Matt, can you say something about why you decided spam links should count for negative value instead of 0?" I've never met him, but as demonstrated by his long HN profile, Matt is clearly a nice guy. He's also smart, so he probably thought this exact case through. None of us outside Google really know how this works. None of that means his group didn't make a poor decision in this case, but let's see if we can talk like adults and can learn more before going all "OMFG this is bllsht" on him...

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
larrys 13y ago
"Matt is clearly a nice guy." In a sense he plays the role of a politician. Not able to do much (he is only one google guy after all) and trying to keep the masses feeling that he is acting in their best interest. He can't really be blamed. The bottom line is that none of this has any impact on google anyway. If anything it simply pushes more people to want to pay for paid placement.