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Tried searching for my own Steam Community profile, and it gave me pornography. I've had similar experiences with DuckDuckGo. As much as I'd like to switch from

by keb_ 8y ago

Tried searching for my own Steam Community profile, and it gave me pornography. I've had similar experiences with DuckDuckGo. As much as I'd like to switch from Google, there really is no better alternative.

fcarraldo 8y ago
I have to ask: is this a case of the search engine being at fault, or the search terminology being problematic? I use DDG as my primary search and I've never accidentally received pornography.
- metalliqaz 8y ago
  same here
- keb_ 8y ago
  My username is just my middlename plus an underscore. It's not a common username at all. I've tried this on multiple computers, different browsers, after clearing cookies & cache. I believe it's the searchengine. There is no reason why the query, 'steamcommunity <my_username_here>' shouldn't return my profile. And after investigating the porn links, I don't see why Qwant would direct me there.
garmaine 8y ago
Unfortunately this is probably due to your steam handle's text's primary usage online is some sort of pornography. DDG is giving you the actual results, whereas Google has instead figured out that you ARE the steam handle and therefore tailors the results to you. What you should be concerned about is that other people searching that handle, even in Google (with the nanny settings off), might be getting porn. I haven't switched off Google yet for a variety of reasons, but I occasionally use DDG to have a better idea of what the "real" search results are for a term.
- keb_ 8y ago
  My username is just my middlename plus an underscore. It's not a common username at all. I've tried this on multiple computers, different browsers, after clearing cookies & cache. I believe it's the searchengine. There is no reason why the query, 'steamcommunity <my_username_here>' shouldn't return my profile. And after investigating the porn links, I don't see why Qwant would direct me there.

by keb_ 8y ago

fcarraldo 8y ago

I have to ask: is this a case of the search engine being at fault, or the search terminology being problematic? I use DDG as my primary search and I've never accidentally received pornography.

metalliqaz 8y ago
same here
keb_ 8y ago
My username is just my middlename plus an underscore. It's not a common username at all. I've tried this on multiple computers, different browsers, after clearing cookies & cache. I believe it's the searchengine. There is no reason why the query, 'steamcommunity <my_username_here>' shouldn't return my profile. And after investigating the porn links, I don't see why Qwant would direct me there.

garmaine 8y ago

Unfortunately this is probably due to your steam handle's text's primary usage online is some sort of pornography. DDG is giving you the actual results, whereas Google has instead figured out that you ARE the steam handle and therefore tailors the results to you. What you should be concerned about is that other people searching that handle, even in Google (with the nanny settings off), might be getting porn. I haven't switched off Google yet for a variety of reasons, but I occasionally use DDG to have a better idea of what the "real" search results are for a term.

keb_ 8y ago
My username is just my middlename plus an underscore. It's not a common username at all. I've tried this on multiple computers, different browsers, after clearing cookies & cache. I believe it's the searchengine. There is no reason why the query, 'steamcommunity <my_username_here>' shouldn't return my profile. And after investigating the porn links, I don't see why Qwant would direct me there.