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Have we reached peak internet information overload when doing internet searches.
SiliconWizard:
Given that those platforms make their money selling "information space", whether they are "ill-intentioned" or not, it doesn't matter, the end result is that it is necessarily biased.
I don't know if there's a solution to this at all. The more time passes, and the more companies will buy space to promote their stuff. It's entropy. So it's logical that the search results get "worse" on average as time passes. It can't get any other way.
But don't worry, they'll make it all better with more AI. For sure.
rdl:
For any given item, many of the amazon reviews will not be about that item.
themadhippy:
Anyone else remember the ole days when google arrived fresh faced on the scene promising us, that unlike the search engine offered by our web portals, there search results would be based on how many links went to that site and not the size of kickback they received.
SiliconWizard:
Yes it all starts all nice and well. That's also what Mozilla was at the beginning, look at what they're doing now. Look closer. :-DD
But as I said, I think it's inevitable. I really don't see how it could be avoided.
rdl:
In the beginning there were "operators" you could use doing searches. You could require certain words be in the result. You could require certain words not appear in the results. You could require that a specific phrase or string of words be found. There were more, but I forget, because years ago the various sites stopped "supporting" them, and to be honest, as more and more average people started using the internet, there were fewer people that knew these options existed. There was a bit of an uproar when eBay stopped recognizing the wildcard operator (*). And these days every site that serves up search results of any kind have their own agenda and search results there are always biased.
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