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To: VictoryGal

Google changed the algos on several Catholic issues.

Google controls the algos they run.

Google defaults to a term linking the shooter to the Tea Party.

It’s only upsetting to Conservatives.


38 posted on 01/09/2011 12:57:09 PM PST by NoLibZone (Homosexuals oppose diversity.)
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To: NoLibZone

> Google changed the algos on several Catholic issues.

Can you like me to the article talking about that? I didn’t hear anything about it, and I am both Catholic and keep a close eye on tech news.

In any case, the default is that the algorithms are built to save clicks and typing. They don’t have manpower or time to tweak their searches for a political agenda. You know how many millions of searches per second they handle? Neither do I, but “bazillion” is in the general ballpark. To contextually skew searches leftward takes more work than just letting the searching public be the driving force.


44 posted on 01/09/2011 1:03:01 PM PST by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender! REMEMBER NEDA)
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