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On the assumption that posting at least two comments about something on two separate blogs means I feel strongly about it, I’ve decided to wade into the whole Google-BMW fray. So here goes:
Can’t we save the term Orwellian for something really meaningful, ... Continue reading »
Can’t we save the term Orwellian for something really meaningful, ... Continue reading »
3 years ago
It would indeed be inflammatory to suggest that Google is "totally corrupt" -- clearly, it's not, and I didn't say that -- I was "wondering," not declaring. Yes, Google doesn't have "total" power over search, but they do have total power over all the traffic they do control.
When I say that Google appears to be behaving in an Orwellian fashion, it is judgment about their tone, not about fairness, morality, or legality -- at least not yet.
I can only hope you are right in your separating Google's actions from "something really meaningful."
Orwell's lesson (I'm thinking here of Animal Farm, not 1984) is that the slippery slope doesn't begin with "a boot stamping on a human face." Each step in the descent can be written off as benign.
If you can sleep well on this, then sweet dreams. But it's still keeping me awake at night.
3 years ago
Scott, don't let the bedbugs bite.
3 years ago
Thanks for the response. I would agree that the high-handed and
somewhat self-righteous attitude Google has shown towards BMW is
worthy of criticism, and they could probably have handled it better.
And your point about Animal Farm is well taken.
But I still think seeing dark portents in what Google has done is
overdoing it just a tad. After all, Google doesn't even have 50 per
cent of the search market -- excluding a single site is hardly a death
sentence.
If you had used the Orwell reference after Google's China decision, I
might have actually agreed with you there. I think the slippery slope
is a lot steeper when it comes to that kind of thing, and the
potential "evil" much greater.
Anyway, glad to have your input as always.
3 years ago
Wonder if anyone else will try to get 'banned' from Google?