Steak and Cheese
August 7, 2006 8:47 AM Subscribe
AOL Mistakenly Releases User Search Histories. The research department at AOL has published, and quickly unpublished, the search history of 500,000 of its members. User 17556639 is evidently very interested in 'how to kill your wife','killed people','dead pictures', and 'steak and cheese'. More unfiltered search analysis here.
This post was deleted for the following reason: not a mistake, not a leak, also a double
Sorry, looks like this got duped while I was writing it. Delete away.
posted by jsonic at 8:48 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by jsonic at 8:48 AM on August 7, 2006
Let the animated GIFs begin!
posted by cosmicbandito at 8:53 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by cosmicbandito at 8:53 AM on August 7, 2006
According to this, AOL didn't mistakenly release these; they did so intentionally.
This was not a leak - it was intentional. In their desperation to gain recognition from the research community, AOL decided they would compromise their integrity to provide a data set that might become often-cited in research papers: "Please reference the following publication when using this collection..." is the message before the download.posted by rajbot at 8:59 AM on August 7, 2006
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Obviously one of the search terms missing from the data set is "AOL search History research in:metafilter.com".
If you get what I'm saying...
posted by seanyboy at 9:49 AM on August 7, 2006
If you get what I'm saying...
posted by seanyboy at 9:49 AM on August 7, 2006
Deleted posts say MOO!
posted by By The Grace of God at 9:50 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by By The Grace of God at 9:50 AM on August 7, 2006
JUSTINIAN IM LOOKING 3 POSTS BELOW YOURS AND ALL I SEE IS A BEE DOG PLZ EXPLAIN!!!!!!!!!1111
posted by malthas at 10:30 AM on August 7, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by malthas at 10:30 AM on August 7, 2006 [1 favorite]
Mooo!!! Who will be the last comment?
posted by jeffburdges at 10:35 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by jeffburdges at 10:35 AM on August 7, 2006
So at work the other day, someone asked us to help them find the book Madame Bovine. Really!
Mrs. Cow says moooooooooooooo!
posted by booksherpa at 10:45 AM on August 7, 2006
Mrs. Cow says moooooooooooooo!
posted by booksherpa at 10:45 AM on August 7, 2006
lulz
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:19 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:19 AM on August 7, 2006
Bun Bun, Princess, Santa's Little Helper, Wombles, Mother Nature.
posted by TheDonF at 11:21 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by TheDonF at 11:21 AM on August 7, 2006
Come on! I NEVER get to have the last comment!
Pick please me, Mr. Curns.
posted by evilcolonel at 11:34 AM on August 7, 2006
Pick please me, Mr. Curns.
posted by evilcolonel at 11:34 AM on August 7, 2006
You know what sucks more than this double post? Listening to librarians peck apart a poor OCLC sales presentation, that's what.
posted by Fezboy! at 11:46 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by Fezboy! at 11:46 AM on August 7, 2006
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