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Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by ASalazarMX »

MauranKilom wrote: post #18
ezekg wrote: post #3

Alternatively, you could stop using Google and use Kagi ( https://kagi.com ), which offers the same feature. :)

Huh, $10 a month is pretty steep. It's great that they offer a free plan, but that comes with all the misaligned incentives again. Any reason they don't just do pay-per-use (1 cent per query)?

As someone who prefers to search in private tabs, I was wondering why do I need to create an account, until I saw the pricing. It's an interesting conundrum, either you search anonymously with bloat and ads, or have your activity pinned to your account maybe with ads, or guaranteed without ads for $10/month.

As much as it bothers me, I'd prefer to work around the first option.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by IshKebab »

barbazoo wrote: post #145
Tao3300 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think we're far enough removed from the 1660 Stuart Restoration that no one is going to confuse this with the list of regicides of Charles I.

I think that we're not far enough removed from anything to not be mindful of terms that imply that white==good and black==bad.

This is such a misguided train of logic that I can't quite figure out where it's wrong. Like those maths puzzles that prove 1=0.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by barbazoo »

IshKebab wrote: post #153
barbazoo wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that we're not far enough removed from anything to not be mindful of terms that imply that white==good and black==bad.

This is such a misguided train of logic that I can't quite figure out where it's wrong. Like those maths puzzles that prove 1=0.

What do you mean? Personally I'm trying to avoid any terms that imply that black==bad. Black people, just like other groups of people, experience discrimination and abuse and I'm mindful of that. To me it would be the same as naming something christianlist and muslimlist to denote "good" and "bad", maybe that's a better example.

At the end of the day I think my approach is not making the world any worse and possible might even make it infinitesimally better. But you do you, I have no problem with that.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by permo-w »

voxl wrote: post #135
zo1 wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That particular framing only has "power" if we give it. Once you open that can of worms, you will struggle to put it back. Next up we get white, yellow and red. Take all the words out there that use those and imagine what chaos and hatred it'll cause when we start trying to accommodate everyone.

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>This might not even have racist origins, but it does reinforce racist ideals

fear of the dark equally fits this profile. is that offensive?

>why randomly call it a black list if you're not appealing to this culture?

do you think the author asked himself: "how can I import a harmful cultural theme into my work today?" or could it be that blacklist and whitelist are the common usage terms for lists of disallowed and allowed members of a group?

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by kleer001 »

flowinho wrote: post #121

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Ah, the good old Sapir-Whorf hypothesis linguistic theory. I'm not a fan.

> I think words have a lot of power.

They do, as symbols, as tools. That's why they're fundamental to civilization. They allow thoughts to stay. However, they don't control people. IMHO people are pretty recalcitrant and more powerful than words.

Tools do not control the hand.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by bl_valance »

ezekg wrote: post #3

Alternatively, you could stop using Google and use Kagi ( https://kagi.com ), which offers the same feature. :)

It is great, I used it during their early-access, but the 10/month is a bit steep tbh. I would be more inclined to pay up at <5/month. One of my favourite features was the toggle for showing results only from discussion boards.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by klausjensen »

zucked wrote: post #134
alar44 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does it say?

It says that certain sites (cough:pinterest:cough) have totally poisoned the search results and that little has been done to rectify that.

That is certainly google's fault. :)

Google lets them poison the results.

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