Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story

Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by spondylosaurus on Saturday October 07, 2023 @11:37AM (#37802606)

For context, the WIRED op-ed was written by a DuckDuckGo executive. I can certainly imagine the incentive there for DDG to misrepresent Google's behavior (and as I was reading the article, most of it struck me as speculation more than anything).

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by yegg on Saturday October 07, 2023 @11:48AM (#37802687)

This person is not employed by DuckDuckGo. They formerly worked there, and not for a couple of years. We had nothing to do with this op-ed.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by hackernewds on Saturday October 07, 2023 @12:13PM (#37802933)

Mere employment does not negate that the person might still have financial incentives tied to DDG. If anything, they might be concealed better and are MORE likely they can publish with conflict of interest, without legal risk.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by whycome on Saturday October 07, 2023 @12:23PM (#37803032)

You're right. And on the other hand, someone with passion and knowledge about the domain will likely be working for one of its major players at some point.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by Angostura on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:08PM (#37803439)

Are claiming that the author still does have financial links to DDG? That's quite an accusation.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by frde on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:20PM (#37803578)

Is it such a ridiculous idea that a former executive might have stock options or some kind of lingering financial stake? Worth at least investigating.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:38PM (#37803748)

With laser precise specificity, what - exactly - are you inferring she did?

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by labster on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:30PM (#37804269)

Beware isolated demands for rigor

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by lazide on Saturday October 07, 2023 @03:40PM (#37804870)

Including this one?

We don’t know, but it does seem like a reasonable suspicion?

Little DDG would necessarily have to do with it either.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by Rastonbury on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:09PM (#37803454)

In the article, it stated she was an ex-DDG employee

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