MSNBC POLL-Google Refusal to Comply with Gov-Improved Your Opinion of Co?

[kpete]

Has Google's refusal to comply with a government subpoena seeking its search records improved your opinion of the company? * 15108 responses

Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy.
77%

Not really. I was a fan before and still am.
9%

Not really. It's just grandstanding.
3%

No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena.
5%

Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore.
5%

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10947488/

[acmavm]

1. If Google hadn 't objected, we'd never have known. Just that fact

alone makes me appreciate what they're doing.

[sweetladybug]

2. Done

[Peter Frank]

3. Done...

Google's defiance is very refreshing.

[C_U_L8R]

4. I hope they stand out as a good example

Below the poll is this headline: "Google stand could be good for business"

Slowly but surely the rest of Corporate America will realize not only
that they CAN stand up to the corrupt Bush regime... but that
standing up to Bush is ACTUALLY GOOD FOR BUSINESS !!!!!

An old boss once told me that life is too short to work for assholes
and throughout my life, when I've had a bad customer.. like these
freep freaks.. I've had no problem telling em to go away.

It always mystified me that corporations (especially the media)
would suck up to the right wing fundie-freeper demographic...
I mean... what kind of purchasing power is there ?? These are
not what you'd call the top of the pyramid... or even the middle..
these are the dregs. Good riddance... and it's good for business.

[otohara]

5. Done

why don't the regular polls reflect this?

[MakeItSo]

6. on my computer thurs. night google was reverting to google.fr (france)

It was coming up as the French version of Google --- must have been some fascist hacker...

I LOVE France, BTW! Great food and wine and the women are beautiful.

[The Doctor.]

23. Where were you in France?

I bought cherries from a vendor in Nice... sure they were good, but they had worms in them.
I ordered escargot at a restaurant in Paris... they were undercooked... badly.
There's plenty of cheap wine in France.
And the women aren't really so much more gorgeous- healthier maybe.

When we go to different places, we see the things we want to see.
(The beaches of Nice were a lovely sight, not all the nude bathers were though.)

You must have been lucky.

;)

[Ian David]

7. Done! K&R!

Has Google's refusal to comply with a government subpoena seeking its search records improved your opinion of the company? * 16985 responses
Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy.
77%
Not really. I was a fan before and still am.
9%
Not really. It's just grandstanding.
3%
No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena.
5%
Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore.
5%

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10947488/

[BuyingThyme]

8. enod 86% positive responses!

[Spazito]

9. Done!

Thanks for the heads-up on the poll.

[sundancekid]

10. let's K&R - this should make Greatest Page

[mopinko]

11. they did good, but it doesn't make them good.

as a sponsored link advertiser, i can tell you for a fact that they censor their searches, censor their advertisers, and are generally not on our side.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

13. That's A Pretty Heavy Statement. Do You Have Any Links Or Other Fact

based information to back that statement up? I'd like to see the context if that's ok.

[mopinko]

17. mostly my personal experience,

you actually have to agree to not let anyone else see your data when you advertise with them. but my web designers did some comparison of different search engines, using keywords that i tried to use, and assured me that google was quite biased. i can tell you that they repeatedly violated their own protocol, and disabled keywords on my account like-guckert, gannon, bill o'reilly, and some others i don't recall right now, but all related to the scandal du jour. i would add them to my list, they would get huge clickthru, and they would get disabled. within a day. over and over.
no, i have no link to my own personal experience.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

18. I just don't see this as legitimate and will continue to support google as

a good company. I don't believe they are biased, cheating or engaging in dishonest practices. But if someday something factual comes out to show otherwise I will, as always, be willing to reconsider my opinion.

[yurbud]

12. 78

[helderheid]

14. done K and will R!

Has Google's refusal to comply with a government subpoena seeking its search records improved your opinion of the company? * 19797 responses


Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy.
78%

Not really. I was a fan before and still am.
9%

Not really. It's just grandstanding.
3%

No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena.
5%

Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore.
5%

[txindy]

15. Now at 78%

:kick:

[proud patriot]

16. glad to help , one wonam one vote

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. Grandstanding? *sigh*

[Surya Gayatri]

20. Voted

BOYCOTT MS --- YAHOO --- AOL

Show GOOGLE we appreciate their courageous stand! SG

:kick:

[Loge23]

21. Good while it lasts

I wonder how long Google will be able to hold them off.
I think it's inevitable that eventually the Nazi's will get Google to comply.
It may in the form of a slightly watered-down version of the original request, but the damage will be done.

[The Doctor.]

22. What a dilemma this must be for freepers...

In order to swing this poll in favor of the administration, they have to state that they don't want companies to protect their privacy.

I think it's also very amusing and quite telling that this poll isn't being freeped... this is about pornography after all.

All those 'freeperverts' must be having a hard time with this.

[Pastiche423]

24. 21511 responses

Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy. 78%

Not really. I was a fan before and still am. 9%

Not really. It's just grandstanding. 3%

No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena. 5%

Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore. 5%

[sundancekid]

25. 78% yes with 22380 responses

Has Google's refusal to comply with a government subpoena seeking its search records improved your opinion of the company? * 22380 responses
Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy.
78%
Not really. I was a fan before and still am.
9%
Not really. It's just grandstanding.
3%
No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena.
5%
Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore.
5%
Not a scientifically valid survey. Click to learn more.

[bigwillq]

26. Done

Has Google's refusal to comply with a government subpoena seeking its search records improved your opinion of the company? * 22383 responses


Yes. I'm impressed with their commitment to users' privacy.
78%

Not really. I was a fan before and still am.
9%

Not really. It's just grandstanding.
3%

No, it's worsened it. They should comply with the subpoena.
5%

Don't care. It's not like we have any real privacy anymore.
5%