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Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:51 pm
by 6mmSilver
Thought you guys might want to see this.

http://www.inquisitr.com/34819/real-or-fake-white-people-stole-my-car-is-big-on-google/

It doesn't work, so that is why they created this article.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:33 pm
by SteevoLS
Given the way search engines work, it's pretty safe to assume that there are more occurrences of "black people stole my car" than "white people stole my car" on the internet. Either that, or someone misspelled black in the search and then changed the search field to say white.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:56 pm
by Vesper
I agree with Steevo. I don't think this is Google's intention, but other people's.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:04 pm
by 6mmSilver
Yeah, a few of the comments below the article point that out. I saw this on some news show and they were making the biggest deal about it. They interviewed a few African-Americans and they were complaining about how the internet is treating them, and (with no disrespect intended generally) I think they were overreacting.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:07 pm
by SteevoLS
I would intend plenty of disrespect. The internet doesn't treat you any way at all, it's the people on it. Even then, if your skin is too thin to realize things are jokes, then you don't BELONG on the internet.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:54 pm
by PRincess
I agree. The internet is not looking out for anyone's best interest.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:17 pm
by Vesper
No offense, but they're talking as the internet is a person or an alive being with a definite free-will of choice of its actions.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:44 pm
by 6mmSilver
Vesper wrote: No offense, but they're talking as the internet is a person or an alive being with a definite free-will of choice of its actions.
Haven't you heard? Google is alive and eats Pimento Cheese Sandwiches along with the rest of usĀ  :-\

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:46 pm
by Vesper
Oh gosh, pardon my stupidity! :P

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:11 am
by 6mmSilver
Now if you search it up on Google, it comes up (along with this article) with so many people complaining and so many complicated controversies on such a small thing . . .

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:25 am
by Vesper
You know, people love hearng bad news.

Re: Google Is Racist

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:07 pm
by Dominum
Even if it did make that correction, any idiot that complains about it is just that, and clearly has no idea how search engine software works ::).