Engineer argues Facebook search engine will be useless, Business Insider says

Much of the data utilized by Facebook's (FB) new search engine will be based on "likes" that are "totally irrelevant," Business Insider quoted entrepreneur and engineer Steve Cheney as stating in his blog. The "likes" are irrelevant because about half the time, users "liked" a product because they wanted to enter a contest in order to win a prize, Cheney explained. As a result, the search engine will be "basically useless," he argues.

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