[–] Uncle_Slob 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
It makes me laugh that its only 5 and all in the 1800's!
But, even duckduckgo...
[–] McBiscuit_PdH 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
yeah, in jewgle I received more accurate results (actual inventors, not blacks who aped existing patents, making minor or non-functional "improvements") by omitting african: "american inventors -african".
And of course I got fewer results. I've had a few drinks, but is it possible they bury relevant results not including blacks if you don't specifically query with them omitted? Doesn't seem like it'd be hard to hard-code PC results, especially since plenty of people still don't know booleans or other search modifiers.
[–] dayofthehope [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They might have some hard coding or even an ai to give pc results. They are probably also messing with the page rank variable.
They must also be ignoring what actually people click through to. Originally, google would raise those results that people clicked through to the most often. I doubt that most people looking for American inventors are clicking through to the nigger "inventors".
I doubt that most people looking for American inventors are clicking through to the nigger "inventors".
I would wager that countless school kids (especially US) are given assignments every February on African-American Inventors. They google it, click on the relevant links, and bam, google's algorithm picks that up and has pushed it to the top, even assuming that if you search "American inventors" that you are looking for words to plagiarize about the invention of peanut butter.
[–] Baconmon 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago (edited ago)
I thought some one debunked this already by pointing out that black people are often denoted as african-americans, so when you search for american inventor, it tends to come up with a lot of black people..
EDIT: Yes please down-vote for suggesting a possible rational explantion.. I didn't say that explanation was 100% the reason.. I was just asking about it because I saw some one talk about it last time this subject came up.. I'm sorry for not jumping to the same hivemind conclusions instantly.. I will try harder next time..
[–] dayofthehope [S] ago
The search engines were originally designed to bring up the results that people are looking for. They have resistance against spamming, so just using a term more often, as you suggest should have little or no impact.
[–] Joe_McCarthy 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
[–] drakesdoom 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Duckduckgo pulls results from google with no tracking information. So they get whatever google shows.
[–] drakesdoom 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Maybe I remember where they get it from wrong but I know how was right. They are just a pass through that strips tracking out.
[–] cattarhero 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
"A lie, if told often enough, becomes the truth."
[–] 123_456 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Google is obviously extremely biased. I mean, yeah, there are lots of great black inventors, but make your search results balanced.