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The Strange Politics of Google Autocomplete
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| December 06, 2013
| MEGAN GARBER
Posted on 12/07/2013 12:20:46 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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Yeah, the article takes shots at Ted Cruz, but overall it's quite funny.
To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:22:45 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
There is more to this.
For example:
If most of your web browsing and searches involve “Pop Culture” and you search for “Arab Spring” your results will be completely different from someone that follows the news out of the Middle East.
There is actually a term for this.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:28:08 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: Zeneta
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:30:49 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
The internet today offers as much information as it does disinformation. If ideas can be “sorted, summarized, digested, clarified”, they can also be manipulated.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:33:35 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Slings and Arrows
It’s Google searchers who took shots at Ted, assuming the author is reporting the Autocomplete accurately.
Yup, checked it. Accurate.
To: Slings and Arrows
Pandering?
While true, that’s not it.
There is actually an industry term for this.
Trying to find it now.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:36:01 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: Telepathic Intruder
If ideas can be digested, they can be vomited.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:37:47 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
It all depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:40:18 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Zeneta
There is actually a term for this.Filter bubble.
The Google search results page actually has a pair of buttons over on the right to turn it on or off (a head and shoulders icon and a globe icon).
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:41:11 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: cynwoody
Awesome !!!
That’s it.
There is also a TED talk on this.
Thanks
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:44:14 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: Slings and Arrows
![](http://s28.postimg.org/twupqfttp/slingshow.png)
Hit me with your non ping list, sir.
To: cynwoody; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:48:39 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: Slings and Arrows
Testing autocomplete for my home state...
Police not doing well here either...
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:52:12 PM PST
by
Maurice Tift
(Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!; GeronL
What I learned from Google:
Obama smells like sulfur
Chris Matthews is an idiot/douche/racist/moron
Harry Reid is an idiot crook
AND
Nancy Pelosi is hot
PS people seem most concerned with knowing whether Willie Nelson is still alive or not.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:54:49 PM PST
by
Silentgypsy
(Mondays should be outlawed.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Google's image search recently acquired a helpful sort-by-subject feature. When it's available, groups of related images appear at the top of the SERP. If you click on a group, you can see more of the related type.
Try it with empty suit.
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posted on
12/07/2013 12:57:44 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: ToastedHead
Hit me with your non ping list, sir.Shot on target, firing for effect.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:07:03 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Maurice Tift
There has to be an amazing story behind #3.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:08:10 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: a fool in paradise
Willie Nelson is alive and presumed baked.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:09:13 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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