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nine_k a day ago

Did Anna's Archive also organize much of the world's information and made it universally accessible, for some time?

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seydor a day ago | parent | next [-]

actually yes. and we re talking about high quality information, not random comments

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GuinansEyebrows a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They’re… yes. Yes, that’s exactly what they have done and continue to do. Are you familiar with it?

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ternus a day ago | parent | next [-]

That phrase is Google's mission statement.

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moffkalast a day ago | parent [-]

I thought their mission statement was "Don't be evil", until they shortened it for practicality to just "Be evil". It's certainly how they've been behaving in recent years.

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netsharc a day ago | parent | next [-]

It's now "Don't be evil*"

* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions.

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crowbahr a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off.

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RNGesus83 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing".

	▲	culi 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides

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satvikpendem a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Motto, not mission statement.

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snypher a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I think the comment is saying Google was also doing that.

	▲	user_7832 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Anna's archive doesn't engage in privacy-eroding antitrust/monopolistic activities (yet), so there's that I suppose...
	▲	dwattttt a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They're doing one site less now