Mastodawn

This is actually happening now

https://theonion.com/google-announces-plan-to-destroy-all-information-it-can-1819567986/

Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Executives at Google, the rapidly growing online-search company that promises to "organize the world’s information," announced Monday the latest step in their expansion effort: a far-reaching plan to destroy all the information it is unable to index.

The Onion

@mcc The Onion is the only actual trustworthy "prediction market"

ocdtrekkie 3d ago

@mcc "Google executives will permanently erase the hard drive of any computer that is not already indexed by the Google Desktop Search." Hahahaha.

BrazMogu (i.e. Bruno Guedes)3d ago

@mcc even a broken clock is right twice a day, but it's alarming that the clock scribbled on the wall as a joke keeps getting the time right so often

FoolishOwl 3d ago

@mcc The only part they got wrong is that this is a Microsoft project now:

"We believe that Google Desktop Search is the best way to unlock the information hidden on your hard drive," Schmidt said. "If you haven’t given it a try, now’s the time. In one week, the deleting begins."

@foolishowl well, we'll see what the "GoogleBook" is like

solastalgia kris ☀️🧘🚲3d ago

@foolishowl @mcc

Unfortunately that was a real thing at some point. History doesn't repeat, but it sure rhymes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop

Google Desktop - Wikipedia

@mcc i didnt even realize this article was meant to be satire until the robot army was mentioned near the end

it is scary how close to reality this satiric article is nowadays

🔥 Mireille Sillander 🔥3d ago

@Sorro @mcc The arc of history bends towards making all satire obsolete

milagemayvary 3d ago

Is it about or almost time for killedbygoogle to add Google Search to the graveyard?

https://killedbygoogle.com/

ShadSterling 3d ago

@mcc when the inevitable article about satirical news not being able to keep up with reality gets published, will it be by a real and a satirical news org at the same time?

@mcc à télécharger via aurora store pour éviter google play

Not even a joke from the company that used to say “don’t be evil”

@mcc 💯

@mcc Are they going to catalog the sound of data centers too, or will that be filtered?

indium114 3d ago

@mcc I thought that The Onion was supposed to be satire!

khobochka 3d ago

@mcc this whole satire thing has been such a soul-crushing useless endeavour in recent years

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The Infosphere from Futurama