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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm not sure what's being misrepresented, it's obvious that its in comparison to itself and nothing else

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

It is represented as as relevant event. But if normally 5 people google it on an average day and then 50 people googled it, it is still completely irrelevant.

By not providing how many people in total have looked up the term, this information is meaningless, but people upvote it because they want to believe that is is a relevant amount of people who looked it up, because it makes them feel right or whatever.

You also find this in the comments in this thread where people argue whether "oligarchy" is a term that is generally known or requires higher education.

We also saw some "news articles" based on just looking at how the relative change of a terms searches was, suggesting this is in any way meaningful despite the reasons it is not without further context.

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