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Streisand effects

Streisand effects is the plural of Streisand effect.

Meaning of Streisand effect

Noun

Streisand effect (plural Streisand effects)

  1. A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts even more unwanted attention, thus furthering its dissemination.
    • No matter how effective your rebuttal may seem to be to you, a response will "bump" the problem into greater prominence and relevance in the search engine results, which then turns your headache into a migraine. This is doubly dangerous since "bumping" the negative information potentially...2009, John W. Dozier, Sue Scheff, Google Bomb: The Untold Story of the $11.3M Verdict That Changed the Way We Use the Internet, HCI, →ISBN, page 40

Questions about Streisand effects

What is Streisand effects the plural of?
Streisand effects is the plural of Streisand effect.

Words near Streisand effects in the dictionary

  1. streimel
  2. streimels
  3. streimlech
  4. Streisand
  5. Streisand effect
  6. Streisand effects
  7. Streisanded
  8. Streisanding
  9. Streisands
  10. strelets
  11. Strelitz

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