Well bother. I was vaguely uncomfortable but resigned to personal data-mining to personalize my internet. But apparently when your internet is personalized, you go back to the days before there was an internet. You don't get random people and their ideas, international or political, hooked up to you. You get shut in with people you already know about and agree with. Not Good.
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There's Bing and Ask left, I think. Yahoo maybe?
None of those choices are any more appealing.
None of those choices are any more appealing.
DuckDuckGo?
You could always search through Tor or some VM/VPN combination?
You could always search through Tor or some VM/VPN combination?
Catwho wrote:
There's Bing and Ask left, I think. Yahoo maybe?
None of those choices are any more appealing.
None of those choices are any more appealing.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Catwho wrote:
There's Bing and Ask left, I think. Yahoo maybe?
None of those choices are any more appealing.
None of those choices are any more appealing.
Go on...
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You know you can check that for yourself pretty easily, right?
You just need to search for stuff that isn't really 'you' once in awhile to keep your personalization parameters diverse.
Do a search for Stetson Cowboy hats, plumbing supplies and the little church in the vale.
Affirmative Action searching.
Do a search for Stetson Cowboy hats, plumbing supplies and the little church in the vale.
Affirmative Action searching.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
The OP is based on the premise that people want to deal with "random people and ideas" which I don't think is necessarily true. Most random people are idiots and most random ideas are stupid. Ain't no one got time for dat.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I didn't listen to the video but I assume it's similar to a internet bubbles ted talk from a few years ago. It's a problem, but as Joph said, not one that's really being forced on us. People naturally seek out people they agree with and avoid people they disagree with, which is why companies filter as they do.
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Edited, Nov 14th 2013 8:39am by Xsarus
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Eleven minutes? Ain't no one got time for dat.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
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About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam wrote:
Eleven minutes? Ain't no one got time for dat.
That's what Google wants you to think.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
I'll admit that I have an irrational aversion to the whole TED thing. Too hip for me!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Did you Google for a new search engine first?
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
I don't trust google for non-personalized information anymore, because obviously what people said. It's great for when you want to look for something that's more or less in the theme of what you've looked for before. When I google "scaffold" from work it's nice that it comes up with the Proteomics software package and not the some bum of a private contractor that wants to fix my roof. But when I actually want to look for something that's outside of my normal bubble it's crazy infuriating at this point. I'll gladly use another search engine that doesn't have any personal/past information about me messing up the results.
Really it'd be nice for google to have a non-personalized search option for those times you know you're looking outside your typical bubble.
Bing is better for **** than google so there's that.Also this.
Edited, Nov 14th 2013 8:00am by someproteinguy
Really it'd be nice for google to have a non-personalized search option for those times you know you're looking outside your typical bubble.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Catwho wrote:
There's Bing and Ask left, I think. Yahoo maybe?
None of those choices are any more appealing.
None of those choices are any more appealing.
Edited, Nov 14th 2013 8:00am by someproteinguy
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Yeah, even with Safe Filter off, Google's image search has become rather puritanical lately.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
Yeah, even with Safe Filter off, Google's image search has become rather puritanical lately.
Google knows you have youngsters in your home.
You have to make them think you have hookers in your home.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Elinda wrote:
Google knows you have youngsters in your home.
My search for Elmo/Big Bird **** means nothing!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Kalivha wrote:
DuckDuckGo?
You could always search through Tor or some VM/VPN combination?
You could always search through Tor or some VM/VPN combination?
I use DuckDuckGo myself. It's faster and a lot more "keep your hands off my samosas!" that GooNSAgle.
Besides, it can search Bing AND GooNSAgle for **** too!
edited cause I apparently can't spell for **** today....
Edited, Nov 14th 2013 4:19pm by Wordaen
Wordaen, Keeper of the Banstick wrote:
edited cause I apparently can't spell for sh*t today....
I'll say. You somehow managed to spell "Google" wrong twice.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
Yeah, even with Safe Filter off, Google's image search has become rather puritanical lately.
I actually looked it up. Apparently they got rid of the different levels of Safe Search in favor of a "smarter" search result that will try to determine if you are really looking for pornography or not and will auto filter pornographic hits.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
See, I don't like that. I used to come across all sorts of things I didn't know I liked sexually when I was online ordering some groceries or a gift for my nieces and nephews. I also came across a whole lot of stuff I could laugh over or get grossed out over. Or get grossed out over, shut fast, open up again, stare at for a few horrified and hypnotized seconds, and then know to never open up again.
TirithRR wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
Yeah, even with Safe Filter off, Google's image search has become rather puritanical lately.
I actually looked it up. Apparently they got rid of the different levels of Safe Search in favor of a "smarter" search result that will try to determine if you are really looking for pornography or not and will auto filter pornographic hits.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
I'd like a button to switch between "child-safe" and "adult" searching too. I'm all for sex-ed for children, but I can see the need for child-filters. It annoys me if an algorithm is deciding whether I'm in the mood for pornagraphic interruptions or not.
WendyMoore wrote:
Well my friend you will getting lot of support since Google's becoming more business focused which makes the current users irritating.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
WendyMoore wrote:
Well my friend you will getting lot of support since Google's becoming more business focused which makes the current users irritating.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
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