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Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by esarbe »

ghthor wrote: post #22
bko wrote: post #4

I made an app that lets you compare duck-duck-go results with that of google, side by side [0][1]. One thing I found is how bad ddg is at removing conspiracy theories and other misinformation. Google is, for better or for worse, much more managed. For instance, search "are vaccines dangerous", google replies with .org and .gov sites, while ddg promotes dangersofvaccines.com. Even if you search "dangers of vaccines" i…

It's not a conspiracy theory that people are hurt by vaccines. That's a fact. The question is, are people hurt more by the vaccine or the disease itself. From the evidence I've researched, I think it's the vaccines that are more dangerous.

That's interesting. Why don't you publish your research, so it can be peer reviewed?

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by esarbe »

drummer wrote: post #104
alexandrvicente wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think we’d be seeing new measles outbreaks if big tech and big pharma were that effective at censoring anti-vaxxers.

You'll find plenty of examples online of cases where the vaccine is responsible for the outbreak of the disease it supposedly protect against.

I can find plenty of examples online of cases where aliens anally probe Dakota farmers. That doesn't mean it's true.

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by drummer »

esarbe wrote: post #112
drummer wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll find plenty of examples online of cases where the vaccine is responsible for the outbreak of the disease it supposedly protect against.

I can find plenty of examples online of cases where aliens anally probe Dakota farmers. That doesn't mean it's true.

Tip of the ice berg

" LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the U.N. health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. "

https://apnews.com/619efb65b9eeec5650f011b960a152e9

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by esarbe »

drummer wrote: post #113
esarbe wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can find plenty of examples online of cases where aliens anally probe Dakota farmers. That doesn't mean it's true.

Tip of the ice berg " LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the U.N. health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. " https://apnews.com/619efb65b9eeec5650f011b960a152e9

11 cases is not an epidemic, it's an outbreak.

"a week after the U.N. health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus."

Why do you think the U.N. was able to declare the continent polio free in the first place? Because of strong wishful thinking? Or because of vaccines?

See, that's the thing that enrages me. Here we have an "epidemic" (it's not) that was caused 11 cases of polio - after the virus was eradicated on the continent with the help of the vaccine. An outbreak that wouldn't even be a blip on radar if not for vaccines.

For heaven's sake.

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by fotad »

inquirerofsorts wrote: post #107
Dylan16807 wrote: post #58

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An example of one search being the same, when that search isn't likely to trigger any takedowns/removals, isn't very helpful.

https://yandex.com/search/?text=the pirate bay https://yandex.ru/search/?text=the pirate bay Takes less time than writing that comment.

yandex.ru ask me to solve the captcha which is very long and tiny text, probably will take years...

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by spurgu »

Normille wrote: post #96
spurgu wrote: post #52

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IIRC Google used to have a dropdown in the search results similar to "Don't show results from this site". Luckily I don't see Yahoo Answers results anymore but would be nice to have Pinterest removed.

If you use Greasemonkey / Tampermonkey, etc. you might want to check out 'Google hit Hider by domain'[0] [in spite of the name, it works on several search engines, not just Google]. It provides a really simple interface to ban [with various levels of extreme prejudice] sites from ever again appearing in your search results. [0] https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-d...

This looks great, thank you!

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by spurgu »

rainingcatndogs wrote: post #71
l0b0 wrote: post #66

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Unfortunately any such scheme nowadays would be a lucrative target (to say the least) for bots and mechanical Turks. It would basically just become another SEO metric. Instead you can exclude a specific site using "-site:example.com". This works on at least DDG and Google. Now, if only search engines would let me save those exclusions as preferences (even in a cookie, in case of privacy-focused search engines like DD…

You can try this plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ddg-hide-unwa...

Thanks! Someone in another thread recommended this userscript, which adds a small "Block" button next to search results in many search engines:

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-d...

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by freediver »

spurgu wrote: post #59

Hey, it just hit me: Is there a search engine (meta or otherwise out there) where I can up/downvote sites (or otherwise customize the rankings)? Let's say I search for something HTML/JS/CSS related, I would generally want to prioritize MDN over W3Schools, but now I'm at the mercy of whatever the search engine decides is higher relevancy. I realize dynamic search results could be quite heavy, but it wouldn't necessari…

There is. Email me for invite.

Re: Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

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Post by crtasm »

spurgu wrote: post #118
rainingcatndogs wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can try this plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ddg-hide-unwa...

Thanks! Someone in another thread recommended this userscript, which adds a small "Block" button next to search results in many search engines: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-d...

Another approach for Firefox (not sure about other browsers):

Right click on the search box on a website and 'Add a keyword for this search', save it then edit the bookmark to end up with something like https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=-site:example.com %s

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