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The right answer to this is Google: You can search for any combination of things you want from any time. No need for a centrally maintained directory.
by avar 10y ago
The right answer to this is Google: You can search for any combination of things you want from any time. No need for a centrally maintained directory.
- dkarapetyan 10y agoGoogle is not the right answer. Far from it. Lack of imagination is what makes it the de-facto standard. Why do I need a centralized body to do filtering and curation? Why can't it be a collaborative effort augmented with some machine learning? People should be in charge of their own information bubbles.
- avar 10y agoI don't mean that Google literally 100% replaces that use-case, but that the answer is that search engines got good enough that directory curation was no longer marketable. So nowadays what you'd previously look up in something like dmoz you now just search for in Google.
- DanBC 10y agoGoogle is great. It's also given us a billion shitty SEO optimized sites that hit keywords but provide little value.
- Spooky23 10y agoGoogle was magic in 2001. Today, it's impossible to find many categories of information. That's why stack exchange exists. When I'm doing market research or looking for certain types of information, being aware of forums like HN is more productive. Long term the movement of everything behind walled gardens like Facebook will make it worse.