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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by joshuahaglund on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @07:54PM (#37070012)
Aren't they both doing the economically incentivized thing tho? Are you saying maybe some things should be beyond economic incentives?
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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by selfhoster11 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @08:56PM (#37070472)
Yes, some things should be beyond economic incentives. Destroying the historical record, for instance. We have plenty of precedent around that, now that we realised it's bad.
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