Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work?

Re:Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work? by covermydonkey on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:31AM (#25760776)

Wouldn't Google censor the effort in it's news feed and search results?

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Re:Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work? by CaptainJustin on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:34AM (#25760798)

I guess but maybe that makes the news and it gains more traction?

Also, is there any evidence that Google censors search results?

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Re:Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work? by dazc on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:41AM (#25760848)

You could go back in time 4 years and see what results you get for some certain search terms?

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Re:Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work? by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:38AM (#25761249)

I don't know about technical censorship, but they certainly massage the algorithm to get the results they want. Google 'American Inventors' or 'how to commit suicide' for a quick demo.

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Re:Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work? by whatshisface on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:26PM (#25765200)

The American inventors thing could easily be a result of the population of websites that Google is sampling from. Culturally, "African-American Inventors" is a much more common topic than "America is so great, look at all of the inventors that live here." So if you randomly and fairly sample from every web page, you are likely to end up with exactly what you end up with.

(Disclaimer: I have not actually checked to see what the baseline distribution of websites is, I'm just guessing.)

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