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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by samatman on Sunday January 19, 2020 @06:47PM (#22095009)
They don't get to decide any such thing, and in fact, can't. Google (fortunately for all of us) doesn't run the Internet.

They do run a popular search page, and have to decide what to do with a search like "Is the Earth flat?".

Personally, I would prefer they prominently display a "no". Others would disagree, but a search engine is curation by definition, that's what makes it useful.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by pen2l on Sunday January 19, 2020 @09:51PM (#22095868)
> Personally, I would prefer they prominently display a "no".

Oh hey! I just tried this, and it does! image: https://i.imgur.com/OqqxSq3.png

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by Aeolun on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:21PM (#22095177)
You would, and fortunately Google agrees with you, but imagine for a moment that they didn’t. 90% if the internet would suddenly see a ’yes’ to that answer, even if 99% of websites disagree.
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