Briefly: information-seeking in the age of Google juice

Just now I read a comment on a blog to the effect that although the commenter was mildly interested in something, she wasn’t going to Google it.

The something in question was a racist cultural practice that used to be common, but nowadays is condemned by most.

Why not search to learn more about it? She wasn’t particularly concerned that somebody would go through her web search history and think she endorsed the practice. Rather, she didn’t want to contribute even so much as a click to making the practice have higher visibility on the web.

Google searches ≠ endorsement, of course – but I find it interesting that nowadays some find it necessary to say so explicitly.

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