Allison ParrishApr 25, 2017

ok so

(1) the language of search queries (for, e.g., google) came into existence because of the keyword-oriented tech originally driving those dbs

(2) over the past ~25 years millions have become very "fluent" at speaking search-engine-ese

(3) contemporary language understanding is capable of parsing queries in more natural phrasings

(4) but many/most users still use search-engine-ese, so search engines are probably still being optimized to return better and better results for those users

Show threadAllison ParrishApr 25, 2017
so at this point, people are learning a speech genre/register/style specifically to get better results from search engines, which are in turn learning this register/style in order to return better search results. which I guess will just lead to a never-ending, self-reinforcing cycle of linguistic weirdness forever, god bless the future
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@aparrish "allison parrish" language argument interesting
Apr 25, 2017 at 9:39pmWeb