Of course, with a blog post and an HN article, algorithms for decades will now say, "Yep. $(THAT_GUY) $(SERIAL_KILLER)".
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Re: Google turned me into a serial killer
#22What's unfortunate is that Hristo Georgiev is a very common Bulgarian name.
This isn't a case where a highly uncommon name can lead to a high degree of certainty in association.
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#23Re: Google turned me into a serial killer
#24> Maybe letting a single internet company "organize the world's information" probably isn't such a great idea. Some food for thought. When put like this, the thought that one company controls virtually all information flow on the Internet is more than mildly terrifying.
Yes, and a dozen or two people, mostly white males, control the company.
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#25> Maybe letting a single internet company "organize the world's information" probably isn't such a great idea. Some food for thought. When put like this, the thought that one company controls virtually all information flow on the Internet is more than mildly terrifying.
Yes, and a dozen or two people, mostly white males, control the company.
I'm not sure what the implication here is, but regardless it doesn't seem to be true.
According to this source, only 3 of the 10 "key people" are white and male.
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#26I'm glad this guy has a sense of humor about this, but I really hope that Google does right by him and that he doesn't get stuck in their Byzantine customer service process.
He'll be lucky if they don't suspend his Google account outright for raising the issue.
This just seems like a bad faith comment. Is there ANY example of a user raising a legitimate concern like this and getting banned for it?
This reads like cheap, low-effort bashing.
Re: Google turned me into a serial killer
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, and a dozen or two people, mostly white males, control the company.
> mostly white males What is this supposed to imply, exactly?
An extreme reading: white men of the past and (some) of the present were/are racist, therefore we all are.
It should go without saying that (probably) isn't a charitable reading.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, the fact that the serial killer in question has been dead for forty years makes this conclusively "a funny story" and not "a red flag". But it also probably is mandatory to cover this ice breaker before the person you swiped on Googles you. "Just FYI, funny story, Google thinks I'm a serial killer. But that guy's been dead for years, and Google is mixed up."
I've seen how bad people are at skimming things they read online though even when the facts are laying there in front of them, and I could easily see someone (hiring manager, dating app they matched with) just googling their name, seeing the same pic match, and instantly running for the hills.
For most people, if they came across a CV of someone who might be a serial killer, they'd want to read the full article. It's not something that happens every day.
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#29I'm glad this guy has a sense of humor about this, but I really hope that Google does right by him and that he doesn't get stuck in their Byzantine customer service process.
He'll be lucky if they don't suspend his Google account outright for raising the issue.
They'd probably accidentally suspend the actual serial killer's account instead.
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#30I would sue for damage. EDIT: Because they put an image with unterlated information together in such a way that it misleads people.
Damages require proof. Unless they can show they lost something because of the mistake, then there are no damages.
> Damages require proof. Unless they can show they lost something because of the mistake, then there are no damages.
You're basing your understanding of slander/libel on US laws I presume? If that person lives in Europe, generally, the bar for a successful lawsuit is __extremly low__ , it only requires the information to be blatantly false, there is no need to demonstrate the victim incurred any damages.