Comments on: RushmoreDrive – a search engine for black people? http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tomhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-161062 Tom Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-161062 So where does this lead us? Are we expected to use google to search for a suitable search engine that meets our needs? Will we eventually reach a stage where we have search engines to find the search engine our particular minority group should use. It's a sales marketers dream as they can target specific interest groups. it also means that the user is never exposed to any ideas that are 'outside their box' - a scientologists dream... So where does this lead us? Are we expected to use google to search for a suitable search engine that meets our needs? Will we eventually reach a stage where we have search engines to find the search engine our particular minority group should use. It's a sales marketers dream as they can target specific interest groups. it also means that the user is never exposed to any ideas that are 'outside their box' – a scientologists dream…

]]> By: Tomhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265947 Tom Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265947 So where does this lead us? Are we expected to use google to search for a suitable search engine that meets our needs? Will we eventually reach a stage where we have search engines to find the search engine our particular minority group should use. It's a sales marketers dream as they can target specific interest groups. it also means that the user is never exposed to any ideas that are 'outside their box' - a scientologists dream... So where does this lead us? Are we expected to use google to search for a suitable search engine that meets our needs? Will we eventually reach a stage where we have search engines to find the search engine our particular minority group should use. It’s a sales marketers dream as they can target specific interest groups. it also means that the user is never exposed to any ideas that are ‘outside their box’ – a scientologists dream…

]]> By: Dwanehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-70377 Dwane Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-70377 I'm late with this posting because I just came across the article. All Americans are equally Americans. All information is pertinent in it's own way. And all information is more pertinent to some Americans than to other Americans. A search engine that focuses on a specific demographic's interests is only divisive if you feel that you are being shunned, left out, or your interests diminished by that web sites existence. ESPN is not just a web site, but also operates as a search engine for those interested in sports related information. Anything you can get from ESPN, you can get from Google, but ESPN filters out non sports related information that would appear using the same search words. No one considers ESPN to be divisive, even though they agree that some sports fan(atic)s live in a sub-culture with values and perspectives on life that differ from the majority of Americans. If you consider RushmoreDrive a filter for a specific demographic's interests, then the racist aspect should not come into play. I am lower middle class, but I'm not threatened by the existence of search engines geared toward the rich. I sometimes feel bad because they show the difference between their lives and mine, but they didn't create those sites to make me feel bad, they did it to filter out information that does not pertain to their interests. Any bad feelings on my part are my issues, not theirs, and they should not be chastised for dealing with their lives that are distincly different from mine, even though we're equally American. The same goes for those who have issue with RushmoreDrive. I'm late with this posting because I just came across the article. All Americans are equally Americans. All information is pertinent in it's own way. And all information is more pertinent to some Americans than to other Americans. A search engine that focuses on a specific demographic's interests is only divisive if you feel that you are being shunned, left out, or your interests diminished by that web sites existence. ESPN is not just a web site, but also operates as a search engine for those interested in sports related information. Anything you can get from ESPN, you can get from Google, but ESPN filters out non sports related information that would appear using the same search words. No one considers ESPN to be divisive, even though they agree that some sports fan(atic)s live in a sub-culture with values and perspectives on life that differ from the majority of Americans. If you consider RushmoreDrive a filter for a specific demographic's interests, then the racist aspect should not come into play.

I am lower middle class, but I'm not threatened by the existence of search engines geared toward the rich. I sometimes feel bad because they show the difference between their lives and mine, but they didn't create those sites to make me feel bad, they did it to filter out information that does not pertain to their interests. Any bad feelings on my part are my issues, not theirs, and they should not be chastised for dealing with their lives that are distincly different from mine, even though we're equally American. The same goes for those who have issue with RushmoreDrive.

]]> By: Dwanehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265946 Dwane Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265946 I'm late with this posting because I just came across the article. All Americans are equally Americans. All information is pertinent in it's own way. And all information is more pertinent to some Americans than to other Americans. A search engine that focuses on a specific demographic's interests is only divisive if you feel that you are being shunned, left out, or your interests diminished by that web sites existence. ESPN is not just a web site, but also operates as a search engine for those interested in sports related information. Anything you can get from ESPN, you can get from Google, but ESPN filters out non sports related information that would appear using the same search words. No one considers ESPN to be divisive, even though they agree that some sports fan(atic)s live in a sub-culture with values and perspectives on life that differ from the majority of Americans. If you consider RushmoreDrive a filter for a specific demographic's interests, then the racist aspect should not come into play.I am lower middle class, but I'm not threatened by the existence of search engines geared toward the rich. I sometimes feel bad because they show the difference between their lives and mine, but they didn't create those sites to make me feel bad, they did it to filter out information that does not pertain to their interests. Any bad feelings on my part are my issues, not theirs, and they should not be chastised for dealing with their lives that are distincly different from mine, even though we're equally American. The same goes for those who have issue with RushmoreDrive. I’m late with this posting because I just came across the article. All Americans are equally Americans. All information is pertinent in it’s own way. And all information is more pertinent to some Americans than to other Americans. A search engine that focuses on a specific demographic’s interests is only divisive if you feel that you are being shunned, left out, or your interests diminished by that web sites existence. ESPN is not just a web site, but also operates as a search engine for those interested in sports related information. Anything you can get from ESPN, you can get from Google, but ESPN filters out non sports related information that would appear using the same search words. No one considers ESPN to be divisive, even though they agree that some sports fan(atic)s live in a sub-culture with values and perspectives on life that differ from the majority of Americans. If you consider RushmoreDrive a filter for a specific demographic’s interests, then the racist aspect should not come into play.

I am lower middle class, but I’m not threatened by the existence of search engines geared toward the rich. I sometimes feel bad because they show the difference between their lives and mine, but they didn’t create those sites to make me feel bad, they did it to filter out information that does not pertain to their interests. Any bad feelings on my part are my issues, not theirs, and they should not be chastised for dealing with their lives that are distincly different from mine, even though we’re equally American. The same goes for those who have issue with RushmoreDrive.

]]> By: Jahhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-59910 Jah Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-59910 I don't see anything particularly wrong with it. Although I do think it is pretty weird. I am (half)black and use google <_<. It works fine for me. But I look at it no different than a search engine for kids for example. I don't see anything particularly wrong with it. Although I do think it is pretty weird. I am (half)black and use google <_<. It works fine for me. But I look at it no different than a search engine for kids for example.

]]> By: Jahhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265945 Jah Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265945 I don't see anything particularly wrong with it. Although I do think it is pretty weird. I am (half)black and use google <_<. It works fine for me. But I look at it no different than a search engine for kids for example. I don’t see anything particularly wrong with it. Although I do think it is pretty weird. I am (half)black and use google <_<. It works fine for me. But I look at it no different than a search engine for kids for example.

]]> By: Chiphttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-59715 Chip Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-59715 I'm planning to release a new search engine targeted for Visigoths and Spiders. (movie geek cred for spotting the allusion). I'm planning to release a new search engine targeted for Visigoths and Spiders.

(movie geek cred for spotting the allusion).

]]> By: Chiphttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265944 Chip Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265944 I'm planning to release a new search engine targeted for Visigoths and Spiders.(movie geek cred for spotting the allusion). I’m planning to release a new search engine targeted for Visigoths and Spiders.

(movie geek cred for spotting the allusion).

]]> By: 2600http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-59377 2600 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-59377 This search engine is nothing more than an ethno-centric data-mining operation to collect as much information on what the black community is looking into. This search engine is nothing more than an ethno-centric data-mining operation to collect as much information on what the black community is looking into.

]]> By: 2600http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265943 2600 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265943 This search engine is nothing more than an ethno-centric data-mining operation to collect as much information on what the black community is looking into. This search engine is nothing more than an ethno-centric data-mining operation to collect as much information on what the black community is looking into.

]]> By: TLPhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-59276 TLP Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-59276 Racist! Why are you forcing the african americans to use your white search engines (such as google?) =))) Racist! Why are you forcing the african americans to use your white search engines (such as google?)

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]]> By: TLPhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/14/rushmoredrive-a-search-engine-for-black-people/#comment-265942 TLP Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2384#comment-265942 Racist! Why are you forcing the african americans to use your white search engines (such as google?)=))) Racist! Why are you forcing the african americans to use your white search engines (such as google?)

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