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Re:Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful w... by p49k on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:11AM (#28220526)
Taking the paragraph out of the page it's on and displaying it separately in a highlighted box with no context is the problem; it's being presented as a standalone fact. Google should really stop pushing this half-baked feature and go back to displaying normal search results so that a person can click through and read it in proper context.
Re:Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful w... by ghaff on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:38AM (#28222745)
I guess the problem is expectations. It can be useful to have information summarized in that manner but I would never take it as authoritative.