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TYPE IN ANY 3-DIGIT NUMBER AND THE WORDS "NEW CASES" (no quotations marks needed) ON GOOGLE
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| 06-22-20
| Auntie Mame
Posted on 06/22/2020 11:17:56 AM PDT by Auntie Mame
Found this on Twitter:
Type in any 3-digit number on google search with the words "new cases" (no quotation marks) and watch what pops up.
It doesn't matter what number you pick. I actually tried some four digit numbers and also the number 2. Same results.
The results will be "___ new cases of covid reported .... blah blah blah."
I can understand that "new cases" would bring up covid cases, but ANY number?
Just saying..... Try it for yourself.
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: algorithm; google
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To: Auntie Mame
No kidding!
This is part of the marketing nonsense in google search.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:20:03 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Are!)
To: Auntie Mame
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:20:19 AM PDT
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: Auntie Mame
that is weird. post the twitter reference if you can.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:21:30 AM PDT
by
no-s
To: Auntie Mame
I got the same just typing - “new cases” (without the quote marks)
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:21:34 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best SOTU ever!)
To: Harpotoo
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:22:10 AM PDT
by
moonhawk
(These blue state tyrants seem to be doing their very best to turn their states red.)
To: Auntie Mame
Sit down and take a deep breath ...
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:23:22 AM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: Auntie Mame
4 digit #s breaks it. Try 8888.
To: Auntie Mame
Scratch my post #5. It works for 576, 666, 684 and 221.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:25:28 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best SOTU ever!)
To: Auntie Mame
Why wouldn’t it. The way the tracking is going, state, county, city, zip code, national, regional, global. Pretty much any number will have been tied to new cases at some level.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:30:12 AM PDT
by
discostu
(I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
To: Ken H
So all that tells you is that google knows about that particular obsession you have. That IS their business model, you know.
Maybe you should not be so free and easy? On a cell phone, fuggedaboudit. On your PC, use a safer browser, and delete cookies frequently.
To: Harpotoo
no it worked for me initially for about 30 tries and then I paused to post to FR. However when I returned after a few minutes it stopped working. It seems likely an inadvertent consequence of search results customization, as all of the results were news organizations configured to generate customized results based on search term.
Just demonstrating why you can't trust the news on the web. Really.
Probably yet another hallmark of the impending doom of technological civilization, HHOS - demonstrating the L term of the Drake equation.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:32:28 AM PDT
by
no-s
To: Auntie Mame
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:32:58 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Auntie Mame
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:32:58 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Auntie Mame
Google throws away what it can’t use, so you are left with i “new cases”.
To: IgnaciKat
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:39:49 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best SOTU ever!)
To: discostu
I tried the same thing in Bing. One of the first 3 results always has the exact same formula, “XXX Reports nnn new COVID-19 cases, nn deaths.” XXX is usually a city, county, or state in the US, but not always. The nn value for deaths is variable, but 11 seems popular.
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:40:08 AM PDT
by
75thOVI
(Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.)
To: discostu
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:40:10 AM PDT
by
heartwood
(Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
To: Auntie Mame
Not here... usually get an area code first...
To: Auntie Mame
I just used 312, 708, 847, 815, 217 (all Illinois phone area codes) with "new cases" after them and each one came up with references for number of google cases.
ROFL!!!
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posted on
06/22/2020 11:43:50 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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