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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by kube-system on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:01AM (#29711241)
I think curation, or the appearance thereof, makes a big difference.
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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by emodendroket on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:14AM (#29715030)
Google presents excerpts from pages in an authoritative way all the time.
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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child by kube-system on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:22PM (#29719583)
That'a a great example. Google's "answer box"/"featured snippets" have received a great deal of criticism for this... for incorrect information that was in the search results anyway. The key difference is in presentation.
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