Google "rigged"

Yakshi · 2018-08-28T23:16:51.422Z

Airyaman:

I searched “Trump news” on Google and the very first link was to Fox News.

For me, Fox came 2nd and 7th.

None of the others—CNN, NYT, WaPo, etc—were repeats in the top seven.

party-free · 2018-08-28T23:18:12.607Z

I typed CNN into Google. The first hit was www.cnn.com. I typed CNN into 4conservative.com. The first hit was a Fox News story about CNN and Anthony Bourdaine. The second hit was a Fox News story about Michael Cohen and CNN. The third hit was a Canada Free Press story about Cohen and CNN. The fourth hit was www.cnn.com.

Yakshi · 2018-08-28T23:20:12.000Z

DOLOOP:

You know what’s ■■■■■■■ weird? Any President who says this:

“This November 6 election is very much a referendum on not only me, it’s a referendum on your religion, it’s a referendum on free speech and the First Amendment. It’s a referendum on so much. It’s not a question of like or dislike, it’s a question that they will overturn everything that we’ve done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence The level of hatred, the level of anger is very unbelievable.”

I’d nod politely and walk away from any person who uttered that quotation believing that he is either a transparent, ineffectual manipulator or a moron.

DOLOOP · 2018-08-28T23:22:15.524Z

Yakshi:

DOLOOP:

You know what’s ■■■■■■■ weird? Any President who says this:

“This November 6 election is very much a referendum on not only me, it’s a referendum on your religion, it’s a referendum on free speech and the First Amendment. It’s a referendum on so much. It’s not a question of like or dislike, it’s a question that they will overturn everything that we’ve done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence The level of hatred, the level of anger is very unbelievable.”

I’d nod politely and walk away from any person who uttered that quotation believing that he is either a transparent, ineffectual manipulator or a moron.

He’s a very effectual manipulator.

MidwestIndy · 2018-08-28T23:22:34.894Z

armycowboy:

Cratic3947:

There is a prediction today that the next quarter of GDP will be over 4%.
Go try to find it on google. You should only have to type in “GDP”… But that doesn’t work.

Yep!

You should be able to type in a nebulous term like GDP and get the exact article you want? Right on top?

That’s like typing in “food” when you want the first result to be an article about how to make meatloaf.

Jesus I work in IT and I know how dumb some people can be, but this is simply beyond that threshhold.

Guilds · 2018-08-28T23:23:50.590Z

Yup…
I heard about that.
Behind closed doors of course.

Sadly, that type of tactic works.
Especially with Fire and Brimstone types of folks.

Yakshi · 2018-08-28T23:30:59.817Z

DOLOOP:

He’s a very effectual manipulator.

That’s my blind side. I never thought that he was, so his popularity in the primaries was so surprising.

I figured that his major contribution would be adding bigly to the clown factor in the Republican debates.

I underestimated the nation’s gullibility. It’ll be hard for me to make that mistake ever again.

DOLOOP · 2018-08-28T23:32:52.012Z

MidwestIndy:

armycowboy:

Cratic3947:

There is a prediction today that the next quarter of GDP will be over 4%.
Go try to find it on google. You should only have to type in “GDP”… But that doesn’t work.

Yep!

You should be able to type in a nebulous term like GDP and get the exact article you want? Right on top?

That’s like typing in “food” when you want the first result to be an article about how to make meatloaf.

Jesus I work in IT and I know how dumb some people can be, but this is simply beyond that threshhold.

Ayup. This whole incident has exposed a number of One D Ten Tee google users.

pam95650 · 2018-08-28T23:40:53.075Z

trump gets his “news” from F&F. So it’s a no-brainer he knows what he’s talking about. Jesus, my Chihuahua is smarter than trump.

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-08-28T23:42:45.981Z

pam95650:

trump gets his “news” from F&F. So it’s a no-brainer he knows what he’s talking about. Jesus, my Chihuahua is smarter than trump.

You named your little dog Jesus?

Ok.

goodbyte · 2018-08-28T23:59:51.182Z

DOLOOP:

Ayup. This whole incident has exposed a number of One D Ten Tee google users.

They’re probably just using the shadowbanned version of google.

peek-a-boo · 2018-08-29T01:47:47.063Z

Smyrna:

hen using Google, I came to the same conclusion some time ago. They’ve rigged the outcomes to peddle their meme.

I find Google searches sometimes frustrating when I’m looking for something of interest from a few years ago. What I frequently find is that my search results are often polluted by more recent events with a decided liberal slant.

I eventually find what I’m looking for by using different search engines and reworking my search criteria, but frustrating none-the-less.

adroit · 2018-08-29T01:52:48.731Z

peek-a-boo:

Smyrna:

hen using Google, I came to the same conclusion some time ago. They’ve rigged the outcomes to peddle their meme.

I find Google searches sometimes frustrating when I’m looking for something of interest from a few years ago. What I frequently find is that my search results are often polluted by more recent events with a decided liberal slant.

I eventually find what I’m looking for by using different search engines and reworking my search criteria, but frustrating none-the-less.

Well duh more recent stuff is typically going to have higher rankings. But you know you can actually limit searches to specific published date ranges, right?

armycowboy · 2018-08-29T01:59:22.686Z

Call_me_Ishmael:

trump gets his “news” from F&F. So it’s a no-brainer he knows what he’s talking about. Jesus, my Chihuahua is smarter than trump.

You named your little dog Jesus?

Ok.

Why not? Its a pretty popular name where the dogs are from.

Vigilante · 2018-08-29T02:16:03.578Z

Call_me_Ishmael:

Somehow I inadvertently deleted that post of mine.

But I’ll double down on it. There may be some incorrect stereotyping but it’s true more often than it’s not.

Heh heh lm Lol’n

AmusedObserver · 2018-08-29T02:25:53.838Z

Call_me_Ishmael:

Somehow I inadvertently deleted that post of mine.

But I’ll double down on it. There may be some incorrect stereotyping but it’s true more often than it’s not.

It’s funny cause . . . it’s false. The fact that you don’t think there’s a relationship between the skillsets of programming and “technology” (I assume that you mean the hard sciences and/or engineering) is telling.

AmusedObserver · 2018-08-29T02:33:33.724Z

Call_me_Ishmael:

We don’t NEED anything. There is no requirement to be a decent human being or a good American. I simply said that if social media was run by GOOD Americans, REAL Americans instead of Libs, there would be no problem with fairness.

Your opinion that “Libs” aren’t “Real Americans” is really quite telling, CMI; almost Conanesque. So I can improve, why don’t you tell me where I’m not a Real American (in your opinion, of course)?

5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 for some variant of “if I have to tell you, you wouldn’t understand”.

DougBH · 2018-08-29T02:57:01.063Z

sikofit:

DougBH:

AS to what should actually be done, I believe the first step is to see what Google is actually doing. Then see what can legally be done. If there is nothing to the allegation of bias, then they should be happy to demonstrate that.

I could of sworn you were of the opinion the Mueller investigation wasn’t justified

If we are going to have all sorts of investigations on suspicions, then we get some too. Besides, a review of actual results should give an idea as to whether these engines are biased without going into the algorithm. A sort of proof is in the pudding test.

DougBH · 2018-08-29T03:00:05.666Z

JayJay:

DougBH:

Ok. So you believe corporations are not people and the court was wrong. Then you should be against allowing corporations to influence elections like this…if they are.

AS to what should actually be done, I believe the first step is to see what Google is actually doing. Then see what can legally be done. If there is nothing to the allegation of bias, then they should be happy to demonstrate that.

So you really want to set a precedent that if a politician…if anyone…makes an accusation against a company with absolutely zero evidence behind the accusation…then an investigation should result?

Also as was pointed out, you’ve got the Citizens United ruling precisely backwards.

We already do that. Its called the Campaign/ Russia collusion investigation.

No, I favor the result of Citizens United. What I was saying is that those who think the decision is wrong have no business defending corporations based on the first amendment.

Zander · 2018-08-29T03:01:52.319Z

FlameHeart:

While Google does base its headquarters in California, I don’t think that a political leaning can be determined. I would love to see the algorithm of how search results are ordered (excluding search terms) for more insight, because sometimes during breaking news the mainstream media is up at the top of the search results, along with one conservative news station. For all I know, it could be based solely on popularity or number of hits, but again, I would love to see their algorithm for their search engine.

Oh my God, this is so refreshing. Can y’all PLEASE try to do this rationally curious thing more often?