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PlainName:

--- Quote ---Newspapers have a limited amount of space, so actual useful information has been replaced with mass appeal crap in the hope of selling more papers, doesn't work anymore.
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That's true (the space bit, at least) for paper-based ones, but online there is not really any limit. The Daily Mail, for instance, not only has bazillions of articles on its front page but each is probably several days worth of concatenated (and sometimes barely related) wibble.

I tend to do the same as james_s suggests and sample from diverse sites but, often, stories are exclusive to a particular site (at least for a day or so) so there is no alternative view to compare. Sometimes a major story you'd expect to be plastered everywhere is barely mentioned, if at all, on a more, ah, 'acceptable' site.

madires:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on April 30, 2022, 09:29:58 am ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on April 30, 2022, 04:07:30 am ---(video)

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As Dave pointed out on the comments section of this video, there is very little to be done other than providing feedback on this portion of the search results page. I personally don't see a problem with the "algorithm" as she mentioned: it is returning an unfiltered result based on what people actually search*. What one does with that information is what matters.

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Exactly! The algorithm does what it is designed for. You could blame the people responsible for that algorithm to be insensible or indifferent. But the real problem is the humankind. We're so dumb and ignorant that it really hurts.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on April 30, 2022, 09:29:58 am ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on April 30, 2022, 04:07:30 am ---(video)

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As Dave pointed out on the comments section of this video, there is very little to be done other than providing feedback on this portion of the search results page. I personally don't see a problem with the "algorithm" as she mentioned: it is returning an unfiltered result based on what people actually search*. What one does with that information is what matters.

In a society that is more accepting of the trans community, such piece of information, despite distorted, could be the spark of a broader conversation about the word or even be used as PR currency in a partnership.

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It's now gone. I did report it a few hours ago, so maybe that did the trick?

cdev:
Its significant that later in life, opportunities to be nice to trans people or more accepting (of everybody) are seen by some as missed opportunities that will never come one's way again. Sadly.

The world has lots of room for improvement. Its interesting how an investigation of the roots and roles of slavery has brought me in the last few weeks  to more understanding of the history of the world. Particularly the Middile East.

cdev:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on April 29, 2022, 02:55:24 am ---Perhaps someone should write a browser extension that blacklists (filters out) mainstream media junk, flat earth junk channels, etc. from Youtube search results with the user being able to select what to blacklist.

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Back in the day, it was all about the science. Back in the day. I was around the founding of many of these entities.. and really still dont understand how we got to where we are today as well as I would like. I know it has much to do with the creation of highly mobile capital. Money going everywhere.. This is what spawned Rodrik's Trilemma..

What happened during the various transitions?  I think much is to be learned from trying to understand the roots of them. For example, this was one of them.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-studies-in-society-and-history/article/reforming-everywhere-and-all-at-once-transitioning-to-free-labor-across-the-british-empire-18371838/E2BBDC44298E2C11B71A1737DB36B4A6

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