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Search engine lock-in is a serious and real problem to us. Search engines aren’t effective vs. long-tail sites. A search engine that takes into account recent b
by floatingatoll 9y ago
Search engine lock-in is a serious and real problem to us. Search engines aren’t effective vs. long-tail sites. A search engine that takes into account recent browsing is vastly more capable of surfacing relevant results. Google has done this for years under the head on “Personalized Search Results”, but continues to force users into Google Accounts to derive a benefit, complete with the horrendous privacy policies that comes with. We’re trying to solve this without violating privacy. We encourage and work with the TOR project, which builds ESR with all server-side functions disabled. If you require inaction, request denied.
- userbinator 9y agoA search engine that takes into account recent browsing is vastly more capable of surfacing relevant results No, it's vastly more capable of "surfacing" sites you've already visited, putting you into a filter bubble. If you really care about privacy, switching the default search engine to DuckDuckGo would probably make a better statement of that.
- 1024core 9y ago> No, it's vastly more capable of "surfacing" sites you've already visited, putting you into a filter bubble. Not necessarily. Here's an example: say the 3 most visited sites by a user are NYT, LAT and the Atlantic. Even if this user has never visited The NewYorker, it's a good bet that she would find it of interest.