Re:Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
by ekianjo on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:45PM
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Thats not Googlespeak. Thats legal protection. Whenever a company is open to investigation you can bet emails will be searched and if something suggesting something borderline illegal is written there it can be used against you. A lot of companiea give such trainings to their employees.
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Re:Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
by playpause on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:27AM
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Unclear how any of this means it’s not Googlespeak.
Re:Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
by altgoogler on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:52AM
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It's not clear to you how standard business practices aren't some sort of Google-specific Orwellian new-speak?
Re:Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
by beepbooptheory on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:25AM
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Well I don't know about OP but, no, its not clear to me! Or at least, I don't know about the Orwell parallel precisely here, but this way of thinking/speaking is very weird to me, however much its "business as usual." Can't really critique it, but you can't tell me its not a weird view of the world!
Re:Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
by playpause on Saturday August 28, 2021 @01:16PM
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Many people would consider that particular business practice a bit Orwellian, however standard. And it’s especially so when the business in question is a global megagiant that’s so deeply integrated into our lives. The comparison with Newspeak is just a blindingly obvious literary reference. Do you genuinely not see it? If so I urge you to read the article again and try to imagine you don’t work at Google.