Are we now witnessing the END of Google Search, as we once new it? Not the End of Google, of course.

[GammaGlobulin]

Is it just me?

 

Or, from Thailand, when searching, is Google Search now serving up pablum?

 

Even when using a VPN application, still, the Google Searches are equally as dumb.

 

It's all the same.

 

Everything seems whitewashed.  And, why?

 

And so, I would imagine, we are now seeing the end of Google Search.

 

Google never tells you what they are doing, nor what they intend to do.  Google is the same as God, in this respect.

 

At first, I thought this was due to the fact that I might be searching Google from Thailand.

No.

Not true.

 

It has taken 25 years for Google to become another Walmart.

 

Time to invent another, and a better, search engine.

 

Otherwise, the world will suffer.

 

Google was once great, when Google truly believed that they would never Do No Harm.

 

Now, they are doing harm.

 

Just because, Google has lost its core direction, whish was.... Innovation for the betterment of Humanity through unfettered spread of knowledge.

 

Or, I think that the original founders of Google, when they were students, had this vision.

 

Now, Google has morphed into a giant which needs to be cut off at the knees.

 

Google is no longer this pure concept which was, 25 years ago, more admirable.

 

Maybe you are not old enough to recall what Google was like, decades ago.

 

Maybe you are like a frog in a slowly boiling pot, and everything is FINE, for you.

 

OK.

 

Then...FINE.

[GammaGlobulin]

Google = Walmart

 

Everybody loves Walmart.

 

Yet, like Walmart, which might be slightly invested in by China, eventually, you pay the price.

 

Eventually.

 

I'm talking 'bout....  Castles Made of Sand

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Let's not have any pretenders, here...

 

 

 

We will all melt into the sea, eventually.

 

Axis Bold as Love.

 

Jimi should have come to Thailand.

If he had, then maybe, he would still be among us.

[zzaa09]

Tor browsers work for me....

[gargamon]

Of course, since you're likely looking for misinformation and right wing propaganda, you might be having a problem getting it from google if they, like other sources, are restricting that nonsense. 

[sirineou]

6 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Tor browsers work for me....

Did you find Tor on Google? 

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Of course, since you're likely looking for misinformation and right wing propaganda, you might be having a problem getting it from google if they, like other sources, are restricting that nonsense. 

Furthermore, they use independent arbiters to determine what's not acceptable.

[zzaa09]

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

Did you find Tor on Google? 

No.....

I've removed myself from the very deep Google family associations some time back. 

There are even alternative Thai searches available if you know where to go. 

[zzaa09]

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Furthermore, they use independent arbiters to determine what's not acceptable.

Independent from what?

Guaranteed such arbiters aren't "independent". 

 

.....and the dumbing down continues.

[GammaGlobulin]

18 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Independent from what?

Guaranteed such arbiters aren't "independent". 

 

.....and the dumbing down continues.

Agree.

You are so right.

Dumbing down is driven by ads and the basic lust of Human Nature for anything that both feels good and also does not cause angst.

 

Therefore, we will get what we want.

 

We will never see anything disturbing which might provoke us to think in creative ways.

Edited October 4, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[Thailand]

In general if you want answers, you Google it,rarely,if ever fails.

Not going anywhere soon in whatever form

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

Tor browsers work for me....

And if you want any information on Tor just Google it.

[ozimoron]

36 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

We will never see anything disturbing which might provoke us to think in creative ways.

The only thing you won't get is lies posing as fact which also happen to be damaging to people who are looking for facts. You will still be free to find and visit conspiracy websites. Lies posing as fact don't make people more intelligent.

[ozimoron]

52 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Independent from what?

Guaranteed such arbiters aren't "independent".

Guaranteed? Let's see your evidence. I'll wait.

[ezzra]

Maybe we're witnessing the end of Facebook as we know it if what the whistle blower Frances Haugen will have anything to do with it...

Edited October 5, 2021 by ezzra

[zzaa09]

5 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Guaranteed? Let's see your evidence. I'll wait.

Ho Hum...

Don't have to be too intelligent to understand the likes of Google and how they operate. 

 

....and the dumbing down continues.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, zzaa09 said:

Ho Hum...

Don't have to be too intelligent to understand the likes of Google and how they operate. 

 

....and the dumbing down continues.

Yeah, conspiracy theories make people dumber like nothing else.

[GammaGlobulin]

31 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Ho Hum...

Don't have to be too intelligent to understand the likes of Google and how they operate. 

 

....and the dumbing down continues.

 

What....

Me stupid?

[GammaGlobulin]

But, of course, the problem is that we are only able to view the content which Google shows us.

 

In other words, the content that Google does not show us is invisible to us.

 

And, through Google Search, only a very fraction of the internet is seen by us, on any given Sunday.

 

And so, we are missing much of what we should be seeing.

 

Think of it like a walk in the park, looking for Brian.

 

We will never find Brian by doing a Google search.

 

 

[2009]

Interesting discussion.

 

Which search engine do y'all prefer?

 

Let's have a vote

[GammaGlobulin]

15 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Interesting discussion.

 

Which search engine do y'all prefer?

 

Let's have a vote

How can we get a search engine which is as capable as Google Search, but also one which is not driven or skewed by monetary interests?

 

Who will pay for it?

 

Will you?

[GammaGlobulin]

18 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Interesting discussion.

 

Which search engine do y'all prefer?

 

Let's have a vote

Searching and Documenting the Internet costs much money.

 

Also, in order to have search results pop up, immediately, requires servers around the world.

 

Who will pay for this?

 

Who will fund a completely unbiased search engine?

[fdsa]

 

 

works with any search terms.