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Re:Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches ... by coriny on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @12:12PM (#10420061)
I know _ad hominem_ is generally uncalled for, but he's not known for doing anything else. As the Guardian tech editor he had a reputation for showcasing (i.e. Boot Up, which got pretty toxic) and writing articles attacking Android. Most of it based on tedious market analysis.
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Re:Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches ... by charlesarthur on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @04:30PM (#10421613)
"I know _ad hominem_ is generally uncalled for, but"

Thus neatly showing how comment threads turn "pretty toxic". If you have better analysis of the data, that would be great to see.

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Re:Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches ... by chris_wot on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @12:35PM (#10420194)
He had opinion pieces by Andrew Orlowski published in The Guardian, I think that says everything you need to know :-)
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Re:Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches ... by charlesarthur on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:55PM (#10422415)
The fact that you disagree with someone doesn't per se make them wrong.
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Re:Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches ... by chris_wot on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @08:35PM (#10422849)
No, but I tend to consider people who call hardworking Wikipedia editors by the pejorative "wiki-fiddlers" less than reliable, and the man regularly wrote half-truths and sometimes resorted to outright dishonesty.

That you would publish him... Well, that's your judgement but I consider it to be lacking.

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