OT: What is the Internet Hiding From You?

[Sam Kreimeyer]

A few years ago I was on a forum and typed a message to someone in Spanish.
When I loaded the next page, I suddenly found myself bombarded with ads for
Mexican rap albums. I hadn't made any searches or clicked any links related
to these things; the server identified the language used in the form input
and adjusted my ads accordingly. There's quite a lot of money in keeping
tabs on what you look for and redirecting you to particular products.

I would be very surprised if Google *weren't* doing this.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have seen this too but never really thought about why.  Great talk and a
> concern for everyone IMHO.
>
>   On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Ariel Gold <arielqgold at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>  I just watched this TED Talk and found it very interesting, basically
>> highlighting how web companies customize services for us with the result
>> that we are trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to the same
>> information.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector?blend=3&ob=5#p/u/0/B8ofWFx525s
>>
>> I sometimes realized while on the phone googling with someone that we got
>> different first links, but I discounted it that I was searching from a linux
>> box.
>>
>> I was surprised to see how two different people, based on their interests,
>> got dramatically different results about Egypt when the protests were going
>> on (for some the protests didn't even show up!)  (at 2:38)
>>
>>
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