Google supports Barack Obama

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by hexinator, Aug 16, 2008.

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    I just ran accross this. According to this list, Google Inc has donated $373,212 to Barack Obama. Does this mean Google is biased also in search results and Google trends?
     
    hexinator, Aug 16, 2008 IP
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    stOx Notable Member

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    Google didn't donate a cent. The money is donated by google employees and their immediate families. It wont effect the search results.
     
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    You really need to understand how those numbers are reported. The search results are fine.


    Oh yeah, we really did land on the moon too.
     
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    Well Google is a corporate member of the CFR, no surprise there. :p
     
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    hexinator Peon

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    the very same employees who donated money, work at google, and working at google includes working on the search algo and so on.

    I don't wanna say that it's the search results only, but other aspects as well.
    Let's just say they could increase adwords min bids for Obama's opponents :p
     
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    They aren't the only people who work at google though are they. Changes to the algo are heavily tested and go through rigorous inspections and quality control. It would be impossible for one employee to alter the algo to favour a particular candidate without being found out.
     
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    Anyone who disagrees with this has absolutely no clue of how Google works.
     
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    As others have mentioned, these figures come from the employees of these corporations, not the corporations themselves.

    It's not surprising that Google employees overwhelmingly support Obama (you'll note they aren't among McCain's top contributors.) Their employees tend to be highly educated younger people who are smart enough (and "tuned in" enough) to know that voting for McCain is absolutely unreasonable.
     
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