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

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Post by smaryjerry »

bko wrote: post #11
textgel wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people are fine with making decisions for themselves and don't need a net nanny to say "mummy thinks you shouldn't be reading this".

I agree in general. But what if I did want to know if vaccines are dangerous, so I search "are vaccines dangerous". If I want to find an anti-vaccine site, I should be able to do so, but the search term "are vaccines dangerous" should be viewed neutrally, in which case I would find links from cdc or .gov sites to be more useful that anti-vaccines sites

We go to school in the US for usually at least 12 years. Any person should already be educated on topics such as anti vaccination. In particular in my state you can’t even go to school if you haven’t had your vaccines. Not only that but we learn how to learn in school. The argument for censorship against stupidity assumes exactly that, that the majority of people are stupid which they are not.

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Post by ghthor »

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.

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Post by miked85 »

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…

I don't want a search engine removing whatever they deem a "conspiracy theory" or "misinformation". I can decide on my own.

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Post by mschuster91 »

textgel wrote: post #9
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…

Some people are fine with making decisions for themselves and don't need a net nanny to say "mummy thinks you shouldn't be reading this".

Vast parts of the population however are not, as evidenced by the results of the last election or the support rates of stuff like qanon.

Please keep in mind that qanon, antivaxx etc. are active hostile infowars campaigns. It is a duty of a society to protect its citizens against such efforts.

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Post by valec »

disown wrote: post #20
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…

> One thing I found is how bad ddg is at removing conspiracy theories and other misinformation. Can't be any worse than google since they give preferential treatment to conspiracy theorists like CNN, MBNBC, Foxnews, etc. > For instance, search "are vaccines dangerous", google replies with .org and .gov sites So google should just push government and special interest groups funded by the wealthy? > Even if you search…

> conspiracy theorists like CNN, MBNBC

???

>let google just show government sites. Big Brother knows best.

.org is not a government domain. even so, maybe if they and other tech companies had done this earlier we wouldn't have gotten into this trump + coronavirus mess

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Post by drummer »

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.

Yep, my own research also shows that vaccines are dangerous in various ways. Also the power of big pharma and big tech when it comes to money and censorship.

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

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Post by criddell »

miked85 wrote: post #23
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…

I don't want a search engine removing whatever they deem a "conspiracy theory" or "misinformation". I can decide on my own.

Isn't that essentially saying you don't want your search engine ranking by relevance and quality?
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