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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by ben_w on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:24AM (#26087122)
15 or so years ago, eBay appeared to be buying adverts for all noun searches on Google. Certainly when I searched for “plutonium” and “antimatter” and a few other ridiculous keywords, I saw ads telling me I could “buy it cheap on eBay”. I tried this experiment in response to news stories criticising eBay for the same with the nouns “women” and “slaves”.
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Re:Amazon competitor got our belt listing taken down by sayi... by Griffinsauce on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:30AM (#26164865)
Did you think they were actually selling plutonium?

This is the same problem in a different skin: words to not equal intent. When we only judge by words we restrict good faith information and promote bad faith euphimisms that do real harm.

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