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Search is one of those areas where I find people have very strong but very subjective opinions for some reason. It's like every DDG related HN thread always ha
by cletus 5y ago
Search is one of those areas where I find people have very strong but very subjective opinions for some reason.
It's like every DDG related HN thread always has these comments:
- I moved to DDG X years ago and it's [fine|better than Google]
- I can't find anything on Google anymore
- Here's a search where I didn't find what I want.
It's reached the point that I just immediately tune out whenever someone brings up anecdotes. There just seems to be so much confirmation bias.
I mean no disrespect here. This is generally true. Anecdotes just don't mean anything but for some people tech people love them when it comes to search.
- BeFlatXIII 5y agoI think this is one of those areas where aggregate statistics do not line up with the personal experiences of a majority of the population to such a degree that they are tossed out as unreliable. See also: the stunning ineffectiveness of saying "but the unemployment rate is only 3%". For that matter, is there any more objective data about the quality of search results over time or are anecdotes all we currently have?