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Trust is a loaded concept. What people trust is generally what fits their worldview which is increasingly reinforced by the filter bubbles provided by tech com
by dwd 6y ago
Trust is a loaded concept.
What people trust is generally what fits their worldview which is increasingly reinforced by the filter bubbles provided by tech companies. The increasing polarisation and tribalism is made worse by the traditional network programming and now algorithms that present what the audience is comfortable to see and hear.
I like using DDG because it doesn't filter, but at the same time I hate wading through utter crap and being the filter.
Twitter for all its flaws is pretty good at giving everyone a voice so you can read something and then the criticisms without having to aggregate that from multiple sites.
- vertak 6y agoHow often do you need to be the filter? I’m genuinely curious because your experience is very different from my own, where I’ve been using DDG for years and I only notice poor results roughly 1 in 100 of the times, and then I’m just a quick “g! <search term>” away from slightly higher quality results.
- dwd 6y agoPolitical news. G! does a better job of pushing smaller regional papers and more left/right leaning outlets and blogs down the rankings so the mainstream media gets more of a look in.