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German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 22:58
by PicassoCT
http://www.scribd.com/doc/65381423/Spie ... ichtigkeit

Its more of a philosophical statement, not a another essayist vs the surveilance_state. She argues that personalized search algorithms and human habits enforce each other, encaging the most of us for a life long to the same sites, same people, preventing those random bumps into completely diffrent wordview that made life uncomfortable and intersting in the old days, before google and amazon knew you.

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 23:18
by Panda
I could see how that might not be a good thing to have personalized search systems.

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 23:24
by zwzsg
From http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... 2&start=41
zwzsg wrote:Yeah, I noticed that Google learnt what I search for, despite my constant cookie cleaning.
knorke wrote:Clearly the only solution is to watch moar random stuff.
BrainDamage wrote:http://mrl.nyu.edu/~dhowe/trackmenot/
won't work for youtube, but does a semi decent job for google

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 23:57
by PicassoCT
trackmenot is active feels free man...

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 21 Sep 2011, 01:26
by Licho
There was even a TED talk about it

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 21 Sep 2011, 02:20
by Petah

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 21 Sep 2011, 03:06
by Forboding Angel
Germans, pissed off. :shock: :roll:

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 21 Sep 2011, 12:45
by PicassoCT
Everybody needs a hobby! Also Forb, just a thought, dont you find your tendency to spend time with a RTS Comunity, a little.. germanish? Might check your heritage man, see who you bash...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YKlP--PhU

Dont you feel sometimes a unexplainable itch in your right hand?

;)

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 05:00
by Forboding Angel
I'm not sure you got the joke Picasso :-)

My poast was very tongue in cheek satire :mrgreen:
PicassoCT wrote: Might check your heritage man, see who you bash...
I am 1/4 Krout fyi :-) The rest is Cherokee Injun and a tiny bit of Limey, with an even tinier bit of Russian Commie thrown in for seasoning.

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 05:04
by Forboding Angel
PicassoCT wrote: Dont you feel sometimes a unexplainable itch in your right hand?

;)
Are you telling me that I need to fap?

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 10:57
by Das Bruce
Of course not, everyone knows your a cack handed cock handler.

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 12:48
by PicassoCT
oh, noe i dropped the link. And im to afraid to bend over and pick it up again.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6 ... php?page=1

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 23:42
by Panda
PicassoCT wrote:oh, noe i dropped the link. And im to afraid to bend over and pick it up again.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6 ... php?page=1
:P I'm prettier than you are.

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 00:15
by PicassoCT
indeed, indeed, i bow my head in defeat and missery. ;)

Re: German Article Arguing against personalized SearchSystems

Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 03:12
by Panda
PicassoCT wrote:indeed, indeed, i bow my head in defeat and missery. ;)
That is ok. You too can be pretty in her eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6kgNC9EM8

See, you just need long, blond hair. :o