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Naked Capitalism threatened with demonetisation on flagrantly erroneous basis (nakedcapitalism.com)
6 points by rokkitmensch on March 19, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


"make your own ad bureau" was the remedy suggested when this shoe was on the other foot, politically.


It goes on a bit and I gave up reading after a while but the gist for techies is probably that whatever algorithm/process Google is using to flag non-ad friendly posts isn't smart enough to distinguished someone talking critically about RFK's anti-vaccination stance and an actual anti-vaccination article.

The author seems surprised to be dinged by a shoddy automated system. Is that really such a rare experience? Makes me write him off as a kook trying to make hay of a shitty bit of automation, but he may just genuinely expect Google to have thoroughly reviewed his site before firing off a demonitisation warning.


First off, Yves is a woman.

Secondly, NC has been sounding the alarm on SV's penchant for automated systems with no human recourse for years in other contexts, and are now finally running afoul of it themselves.




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