links with actual information. NOT links to sell me shit!
Time to think of distributed search, rather than being dependent on Google or any other one search engine.
Besides, think of the legal implications. You sit down at a coworkers' 'puter and look for some pictures of kittens for the company Christmas newsletter. You search Google for "cute kittens" and the "personalized results" are all porn links or videos of kittens being tortured and killed, based on that users' search preferences.
Serch works now because it DOESN'T tailor itself to any one person's world-view, or give me what it "thinks" I want. If it ever ends up just giving me "what it thinks I want", we'll end up with an echo chamber effect writ large.
Is it wise for a single human to decide for his or her self what is and what is not "actual information"? It is a good idea to create tools that allow us to isolate ourself from mainstream thought? Maybe those "links that sell me shit" might mean "they have ads, but really the content is something that makes me uncomfortable". Who knows?
If the most widely used search engine filters the results so it returns only what you want to hear, what kind of society will we have? Will it create one where we humans
My preference... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:My preference... (Score:5, Interesting)
Time to think of distributed search, rather than being dependent on Google or any other one search engine.
Besides, think of the legal implications. You sit down at a coworkers' 'puter and look for some pictures of kittens for the company Christmas newsletter. You search Google for "cute kittens" and the "personalized results" are all porn links or videos of kittens being tortured and killed, based on that users' search preferences.
Serch works now because it DOESN'T tailor itself to any one person's world-view, or give me what it "thinks" I want. If it ever ends up just giving me "what it thinks I want", we'll end up with an echo chamber effect writ large.
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Eek, I just had a mental picture of a free encyclopaedia supported by product placement.
An automobile or motor car, for example the Peugeot 207 from 8,995 on the road, is a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers...
Define "actual information"? (Score:3, Interesting)
Is it wise for a single human to decide for his or her self what is and what is not "actual information"? It is a good idea to create tools that allow us to isolate ourself from mainstream thought? Maybe those "links that sell me shit" might mean "they have ads, but really the content is something that makes me uncomfortable". Who knows?
If the most widely used search engine filters the results so it returns only what you want to hear, what kind of society will we have? Will it create one where we humans
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