On: Google emphasizes popularity over accuracy

[lonelappde]

Why? Where is the money in providing high quality information to the general public? The public wants cheap candy.

High quality data exists, but it's not much of the ad supported web and not much of what users what to read.

[TeMPOraL → lonelappde]

The public doesn't have much say in things, it consumes what it's given. Cheap candy is the cheapest to produce, so that's what gets delivered.