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Re: Google News Initiative

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Post by jacksmith21006 »

Bartweiss wrote: post #25
jacksmith21006 wrote: post #17

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Could not disagree more. I am generally pretty liberal but get news stories from Breitbart, Fox news, etc all the time in my feed. I like to read all sides so love this aspect of Google news. Heck I get negative Google stories from Google. Can't ask for more neutral.

Is there some feedback feature or something you use to get a helpful range of stories? My experience with Google News isn't so much bias or a bubble as uselessness . Source quality, comprehensiveness, and coverage depth seem totally irrelevant, like I'm just getting a feed of every news site a bunch of people clicked on recently. It's the same stuff as Facebook's trending bar, at about the same level of shallow and u…

Can't tell you why get both sides but do. Love last week I had back to back articles

1) Kid suspended from school for not walking out during the gun walkout.

2) kid spanked in Arkansas spanked for walking out.

About perfect. I am more center left but like to hear all aspects. Does drive my wife crazy when she walks in the room and I am watching Fox News. Do then turn off and put on MSNBC.

Re: Google News Initiative

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Post by simula67 »

jacksmith21006 wrote: post #190
simula67 wrote: post #77

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Google has fact checked a claim that was not made in right leaning Daily Caller website : http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/09/googles-new-fact-check-fea... Although it may be bugs and not bias : https://www.poynter.org/news/blame-bugs-not-partisanship-goo... Google continuing to host Alex Jones may not be be 'in the name of free speech', they may not want people to go to other platforms to get their content. They can l…

There is really not competition for Google with YouTube plus they now have over 1.6 billion hours consumed a day. So getting rid of Alex Jones content do not think would hurt YT in any manner. Google does not have to play the cost for more left leaning content like they have to do with alt right content.

> There is really not competition for Google with YouTube plus they now have over 1.6 billion hours consumed a day. So getting rid of Alex Jones content do not think would hurt YT in any manner.

Current dominance != future dominance. Read the concept behind innovators dilemma

Also youtube has stiff competition from Facebook : https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/mashable.com/2017/12/05/how-f...

Re: Google News Initiative

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Post by jacksmith21006 »

simula67 wrote: post #192
jacksmith21006 wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is really not competition for Google with YouTube plus they now have over 1.6 billion hours consumed a day. So getting rid of Alex Jones content do not think would hurt YT in any manner. Google does not have to play the cost for more left leaning content like they have to do with alt right content.

> There is really not competition for Google with YouTube plus they now have over 1.6 billion hours consumed a day. So getting rid of Alex Jones content do not think would hurt YT in any manner. Current dominance != future dominance. Read the concept behind innovators dilemma Also youtube has stiff competition from Facebook : https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/mashable.com/2017/12/05/how-f...

Have read innovators dilemma. There is little chance for YT to be distrubted at this point.

The problem for a competitor is YT was built during a period of time it was possible, barely, to do this. I say barely as in Google had a ton of engineering challenges.

Not sure if technical but serving over 1.6 billion hours of video a day is really hard.

But now with all the content in one place it is impossible to compete.

Wife and me talking about Marsha getting hit with a football. Just turn around and ask the Google Home to play it and it plays a video of the scene. Same with Mary laughing at clowns funeral.

Re: Google News Initiative

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Post by jacksmith21006 »

Bartweiss wrote: post #25
jacksmith21006 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could not disagree more. I am generally pretty liberal but get news stories from Breitbart, Fox news, etc all the time in my feed. I like to read all sides so love this aspect of Google news. Heck I get negative Google stories from Google. Can't ask for more neutral.

Is there some feedback feature or something you use to get a helpful range of stories? My experience with Google News isn't so much bias or a bubble as uselessness . Source quality, comprehensiveness, and coverage depth seem totally irrelevant, like I'm just getting a feed of every news site a bunch of people clicked on recently. It's the same stuff as Facebook's trending bar, at about the same level of shallow and u…

No it just happens. But at times I get a dialog of "is this card valuable to you". Which pretty much for everything I answer yes.

But the default is a mixture. Plus I use Google services a lot and for a long time as I try to keep all my data at Google instead of spread around. So everything from DNS, to TV as we have YouTube TV. We have Google Homes, etc.

Wish we could use Fi but I have a huge family so not financially practical. That would keep my location data away from my wireless provider.

Re: Google News Initiative

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Post by jacksmith21006 »

Moto7451 wrote: post #33
Bartweiss wrote: post #25

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Is there some feedback feature or something you use to get a helpful range of stories? My experience with Google News isn't so much bias or a bubble as uselessness . Source quality, comprehensiveness, and coverage depth seem totally irrelevant, like I'm just getting a feed of every news site a bunch of people clicked on recently. It's the same stuff as Facebook's trending bar, at about the same level of shallow and u…

You can weigh your news sources. I intentionally give a little more weight to sources I don’t always agree with but aren’t obviously biased. Things like fake news spreaders, conspiracy theorist, government propaganda machines, or fair topical sites that simply don’t interest me (mostly Celebrity News and Gossip) get black holed. You can find those sliders in your settings. Also they ask you periodically on the deskto…

I do NOT weight any news sources. It is just what happens or the default. I like all sides personally. But know some do not. Probably most do not.

I am naturally a super curious person.

I have zero problem with the UI on all devices. A big part is I am also use to it as I read news a lot.

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