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Re: Cuil insults Helen Keller, is their target market adolescent boys?

Chris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:58:19 -0000

Yeah, hugely insensitve. Just like the Ads by Google at the top of the very page where this criticism was posted.
Ads that are purportedly relevant to the topic that say, "All Blinds 25% - 85% Off".

Information isn't sensitive nor insensitive. That's in the eye of the reader. Give me all the info, I'll decide what
merits my attention. And then, once it has my attention, if it garners my indignation, well I can take it up with the
site owner, not the search engine.

Re: Cuil insults Helen Keller, is their target market adolescent boys?

J Klopp — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:32:00 -0000

Thanks for making this point. I work for Helen Keller International and was a bit dismayed to see how highly these jokes were featured in the search results - and even had their own tab. It really does an injustice to an incredible woman who spent her life trying to improve the lives of those who were disadvantaged.

Thanks,

Re: Cuil insults Helen Keller, is their target market adolescent boys?

serge — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:03:33 -0000

cuil's magazine format is annoying

Re: Cuil insults Helen Keller, is their target market adolescent boys?

Sebastian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:26:29 -0000

Ahm, if jokes and quotes about/from Helen Keller, why shouldn't it be on the search engine? I actually think this shows that after all, Cuil has developed smart technology.

Re: Cuil insults Helen Keller, is their target market adolescent boys?

Joost Schuur — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:31:33 -0000

Helen Keller was a staunch, extreme left socialist during her adult life, and the play The Miracle Worker is put on in a lot of middle/high schools in the US.

Sometimes Cuil is just that smart.