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ah, of course, i mean after all, their mission is something like .. - im not sure if i have this right - "be evil" right?

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That's not their mission, I think their mission is something like "to organize all the world's information and make it accessible and useful".

https://killedbygoogle.com/

The new embrace, extend, extinguish. :-)

Mission statements and slogans are rarely to be taken at face value...

And that's what pisses me the most. That they put out words that everyone knows have no real meaning.

That was changed in 2018. They no longer have this as part of their "code of conduct".

You misread the comment.

Well, that’s why couching your point in a gimmick like sarcasm rarely contributes to your comment. In fact, de-gimmick your comment and I wonder if you would have considered there enough substance to post it at all.

I’m having trouble interpreting it myself (see the problem?) but I believe it would go something like “I’ve observed some irony: Google used to have the motto «don’t be evil» and what you describe sounds evil.” Feel free to correct it.

Yes, sarcasm should be completely erased from the internet.

Is this sarcasm?

You misread my username. I did not post that comment.

Why make a provably false claim?

https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

"In April 2018, the motto was removed from the code of conduct's preface and retained in its last sentence."[0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil

> ... and retained in its last sentence.

That's called a punchline.

I can only imagine the discussion that occurred on moving it from the start to the end. Do leave it up there or do we admit we are evil?

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