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I've been wondering the same thing too! Maybe if there is a way to share indexes, or some way to put out a call for searches through the DHT, and then the reque
by hosh 6y ago
I've been wondering the same thing too! Maybe if there is a way to share indexes, or some way to put out a call for searches through the DHT, and then the requestor aggregates the results.
A couple examples:
Web crawler -- seeded through a curated or personal bookmark list.
Knowledge base -- the permaculture community have amassed a knowledge base on growing plants: USDA hardiness zones, heat zones, humidity, soil requirements, companion planting relationships, etc. That's something I can see people adding on to, particularly with non-standardized homegrown cultivars and how well they do in their local area.
- beaconstudios 6y agoLimewire had an interesting protocol for exactly this back in the day, over its Gnutella network. I don't know if it scales to search engine sizes (most things don't, especially distributed) but there's at least some prior production grade work in this space. Edit: having just double checked it looks like Gnutella predates limewire; that's just the avenue through which I came across it.
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- lovemenot 6y ago>> Maybe if there is a way to share indexes... What does a SE index look like? Any designs in the open?