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Originally Posted by JMintzer
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And Google most certainly has algorithms that promote and/or bury certain topics. That has been proven to be true, as well...
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No doubt the algorithms used by google and probably every search engine sort and order results. When the order appeals to a user then the engine is working well. When the order doesn't appeal to them then the engine is promoting an agenda and burying dissenting opinion.
I guess what I take away when I read about filtering and narratives/agendas and burying topics is the accusation that google has a political viewpoint and is manipulating results to emphasize that viewpoint. I don't believe that. I believe google wants users to go to their page frequently and in order to make that happen, they curate the results to put the most relevant and common information first.
I have yet to receive an example search which returns significantly different results in Google and DuckDuckGo and shows bad intent on the part of Google.
They also need to tread carefully to keep their section 230 protection and that may impact some of the results that are returned.