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Post by schizophonic on May 22, 2009 11:36:12 GMT -5
What I want to know is, how the hell can a search engine be 'liberal'? It's not like it's a website with content slanted one way or the other, it just...brings up websites for you. I mean, if you put in the right search terms it brings up Rapture Ready...a site running some 'evil liberal conspiracy' probably wouldn't do that. You know the Stephen Colbert quote that goes something like "reality has a known liberal bias?" It's kinda like that, minus the satire. |
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Post by skyfire on May 22, 2009 13:14:46 GMT -5
Heh, I thought about that, too. The one thing I could think of is different search engines yield different results. So, if you were completely, ridiculously detached from reality, you could argue that the results are specifically filtered to maintain a liberal bias. Or just say Satan does it. Edit: As for Rapture Ready coming up in the results, obviously, this is just another example of how awesomely powerful Jesus is, by thwarting Satan's wiles! (I'm gonna go take a steak kinife to my fingers, now....) Believe it or not, for the past few months there've been allegations that a search engine out of China (for the life of me, I can't remember which one) has been deliberately fudging its search algorithms and results displays so that companies who've paid to advertise with them come up at the top of the search rankings. If true, then it's actually not that far of a stretch to believe that other search engines could be fudging things for other reasons. |
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Post by antichrist on May 22, 2009 15:06:48 GMT -5
Nobody over there uses Seekfind.org? It's the only True Christian search engine. |
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Post by schizophonic on May 22, 2009 15:18:52 GMT -5
It's not that far of a stretch to accept it as possible.
It's tinfoil hattery to state it based on the notion that since someone has done it for another reason, these guys might do it for this reason.
It's similar to stating that all Christians are pedophiles because of a couple of specific cases. It's true that it's no stretch to believe a Christian *could* be a pedophile, but it certainly is a stretch to base an assumption of pedophilia on their status as Christians...Just like it's a stretch to accuse as the RRer was doing.
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Post by gill on May 22, 2009 22:28:56 GMT -5
It's not that far of a stretch to accept it as possible. It's tinfoil hattery to state it based on the notion that since someone has done it for another reason, these guys might do it for this reason. Particularly since RaptureReady isn't accusing Google of bias based on their results, but on a logo picture that has nothing whatsoever to do with their results. |
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Post by dasfuchs on May 23, 2009 2:18:30 GMT -5
Heh, I thought about that, too. The one thing I could think of is different search engines yield different results. So, if you were completely, ridiculously detached from reality, you could argue that the results are specifically filtered to maintain a liberal bias. Or just say Satan does it. Edit: As for Rapture Ready coming up in the results, obviously, this is just another example of how awesomely powerful Jesus is, by thwarting Satan's wiles! (I'm gonna go take a steak kinife to my fingers, now....) Believe it or not, for the past few months there've been allegations that a search engine out of China (for the life of me, I can't remember which one) has been deliberately fudging its search algorithms and results displays so that companies who've paid to advertise with them come up at the top of the search rankings. If true, then it's actually not that far of a stretch to believe that other search engines could be fudging things for other reasons. China's search engine's are rigged, it's a known fact for years now. But, china's search engines have nothing to do with google in the topic here |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on May 23, 2009 2:32:21 GMT -5
Believe it or not, for the past few months there've been allegations that a search engine out of China (for the life of me, I can't remember which one) has been deliberately fudging its search algorithms and results displays so that companies who've paid to advertise with them come up at the top of the search rankings. If true, then it's actually not that far of a stretch to believe that other search engines could be fudging things for other reasons. China's search engine's are rigged, it's a known fact for years now. But, china's search engines have nothing to do with google in the topic here I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt & assume that he wasn't implying it WAS happening, only that it COULD happen. In any case, tell me again when they've ever needed sufficient evidence to believe something in the past? Unless it's macroevolution, of course. Then you'd damn well better turn that cat into a porcupine. |
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Post by katz on May 23, 2009 9:36:10 GMT -5
Nobody over there uses Seekfind.org? It's the only True Christian search engine. Oh my god... I thought this was a Poe site. Until I tried it. |
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Post by trike on May 23, 2009 10:14:27 GMT -5
Nobody over there uses Seekfind.org? It's the only True Christian search engine. Is that search engine run by our buddies at CARM? I tried 5 different searches and each time the top results were CARM articles. |
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Post by rookie on May 23, 2009 15:59:06 GMT -5
So nobody else here is surprised Google didn't seek RR's advice on choosing it's little graphic?
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Post by Haseen on May 23, 2009 17:23:45 GMT -5
I just put "computer programming" into Seekfind.org since there's really no way for it to be loaded either way for/against religion. The first result:
"1. AVIDA
Evolutionists using evolution-based computer programs to prove evolution It has long been known by Darwinists and non-Darwinists alike that neithe..."
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Post by antichrist on May 23, 2009 18:10:30 GMT -5
Yeah, if you want to insulate yourself into a fundie universe, seekfind.org is the way to go. If it ain't pro-fundie, it just won't find it.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on May 23, 2009 18:33:34 GMT -5
Yeah, if you want to insulate yourself into a fundie universe, seekfind.org is the way to go. If it ain't pro-fundie, it just won't find it. I can attest to that. No results for FSTDT, & the most relevant result I got out of any search using the word "Fundie" was something about fundy atheists. |
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Post by gill on May 23, 2009 19:31:39 GMT -5
Yeah, if you want to insulate yourself into a fundie universe, seekfind.org is the way to go. If it ain't pro-fundie, it just won't find it. There's something scary about a person who refuses to see the other side of an issue to the point where he or she pretends that other side doesn't even exist. Half the people on RR seem to brag about being willfully ignorant...not something I'd brag about, myself... |
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Post by schizophonic on May 23, 2009 19:56:11 GMT -5
Yeah, if you want to insulate yourself into a fundie universe, seekfind.org is the way to go. If it ain't pro-fundie, it just won't find it. There's something scary about a person who refuses to see the other side of an issue to the point where he or she pretends that other side doesn't even exist. Half the people on RR seem to brag about being willfully ignorant...not something I'd brag about, myself... They don't particularly see it as that. It's part and parcel of their ignorance. |
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