>so many Google employees completely fail to understand what is happening here.
Oh, I think they know. Their assertion that they're "just giving people what they want" in pointing to Reddit is likely PR for "we know our search is awful so we're hardcoding some cheats".
Oh, I think they know. Their assertion that they're "just giving people what they want" in pointing to Reddit is likely PR for "we know our search is awful so we're hardcoding some cheats".