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Re:Statistics Professor Just Banned by Google: Here Is His S... by jwilk on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:07PM (#15066865)
After review, your account is not eligible to be reinstated due to a violation of our Terms of Service.

Doesn't sound like an accident.

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Re:Statistics Professor Just Banned by Google: Here Is His S... by pishpash on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:12PM (#15066923)
"After review, ..." -- signed, an algorithm.

Google is not a human facing company, you're most likely conversing with a bot even when you don't think you are.

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Re:Statistics Professor Just Banned by Google: Here Is His S... by CaptSpify on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:42PM (#15067702)
Even if it is an algorithm: So? Just because an algorithm made the bad call doesn't mean it's OK.
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Re:Statistics Professor Just Banned by Google: Here Is His S... by baybal2 on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:51PM (#15067283)
>Google is not a human facing company, you're most likely conversing with a bot even when you don't think you are.

In reality, all big dotcoms hire legions of human 'reviewers' in cheap countries distanced from the civilized world

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