I voted with my feet long before it became an issue. So I'm not touching it with anything but the longest of sticks. Prefereable one with dog-doo on it for absolute safety.
Especially since it has very much begun to take on all the characteristics of Democrat -v- Republican, or Gun -v- Control, or any other big issue that emergence from the American internet. It's isturbing me how binary everything is, with different forums having what can only be termed as struggle sessions against members who dare to speak against the local party line on #Gamergate - whatever that may be. All that's left after that is the usual self-reinforcing echoboxing.
And what makes it funnier, is that Google has already decided what I think on the issue before I ever told anyone else or became aware of it. If I google Gamergate, I'm getting a very specific slant on the issue on my front page. Twitter's suggesting accounts with a very obvious leaning that agrees with it.... On the one hand, that's utterly fascinating. One the other, just a bit disturbing that Google is now effectively forming people's opinions on issues based on what it thinks they might like to think about it.
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Especially since it has very much begun to take on all the characteristics of Democrat -v- Republican, or Gun -v- Control, or any other big issue that emergence from the American internet. It's isturbing me how binary everything is, with different forums having what can only be termed as struggle sessions against members who dare to speak against the local party line on #Gamergate - whatever that may be. All that's left after that is the usual self-reinforcing echoboxing.
And what makes it funnier, is that Google has already decided what I think on the issue before I ever told anyone else or became aware of it. If I google Gamergate, I'm getting a very specific slant on the issue on my front page. Twitter's suggesting accounts with a very obvious leaning that agrees with it.... On the one hand, that's utterly fascinating. One the other, just a bit disturbing that Google is now effectively forming people's opinions on issues based on what it thinks they might like to think about it.
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