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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Chrome uses algorithms and metrics created in part by your usage, to provide you with suggested results and ads (using AdSense).

So for instance - if you are vehemently anti-lined paper (making this as politically neutral as possible here)...

and you prefer JVM, WTRQ, DooflNewsNetwork to do most of your anti-lined paper reading...

and you type in "governor rejects lined paper"

You'll find results that will generally reflect your point of view - including JVM, WTRQ, and DooflNewsNetwork for the recommended "news" on the latest about governors who reject lined paper.

After awhile, you'll discover that you could just type in "lined paper" and notice that MOST of the results will have an anti-lined paper stance, and will often be from the above-mentioned news sources.

That's because you've basically instructed Google to remember your preferences and spit them back to you whenever you search for that topic.

So in a sense, it's checking on your privacy. But in another sense, you've instructed it to do so.

I see very little that's good about this approach. It just perpetuates the divisions we find ourselves in by becoming so narrow-minded.