Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis...
by __derek__ on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:20PM
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> if someone queried that entire phrase, it means that they are looking for a counter-argument to the mainstream consensus
Yet they are getting conspiracy theories rather than counter-arguments and critical assessments. This seems like a consequence of relying too much on user feedback in assigning authority to a page. That emphasis lends itself to gaming in a similar way to the link farms that Google attempts to undermine: users engage with pages that confirm their preconceptions rather than with a genuine authority.
For what it's worth, DuckDuckGo's more "naïve" results have that StormFront page as the eleventh result[1].
Yet they are getting conspiracy theories rather than counter-arguments and critical assessments. This seems like a consequence of relying too much on user feedback in assigning authority to a page. That emphasis lends itself to gaming in a similar way to the link farms that Google attempts to undermine: users engage with pages that confirm their preconceptions rather than with a genuine authority.
For what it's worth, DuckDuckGo's more "naïve" results have that StormFront page as the eleventh result[1].
[1]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=did+the+holocaust+happen