Duelling Anti-Christs

 A couple of weeks back I used this space to let you know I was upping sticks and moving to Substack. 

Then I got some feedback to the effect that my new home was invisible on the internet.

I googled it. Nothing. I originally figured it was just too soon. But it was still going on today.

On a whim, I took a look with Bing instead of Google, and voila, there I am!

One of the disturbing aspects of our information universe is that the whole enchilada is controlled by half a dozen billionaires. These guys have way to much money, and can therefore bully everything and everyone to get their way.

That includes investing in AI so you can train algorithms to disappear offensive material out of that universe. Google can't find The Contrarian Ranter. Every other search engine can.

Which is funny. I would have pegged Bill Gates as the Anti-Christ before Eric Schmidt.

Hide-and-seek with the Contrarian Ranter

Couple of folks who read this blog have brought to my attention that they can't find the contrarian ranter on the internet.

Tried it myself. Googled various combination of that title, my name, and substack, and every time, Google tells me "it looks like there aren't many great matches for your search," before giving links to a bunch of German doctors and lawyers who happen to share my name.

Then I tried Bing, and bingo! No trouble at all. Whether you search "contrarian ranter" or "dieterneumann substack" or some combination thereof, it comes up instantly.

It also just came to my attention that I'm no longer able to embed links in the text here.

I guess this shouldn't be a surprise. I moved to substack to escape google's censorship. Why would they help you find me somewhere else?