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Yegg followed up with an argument about relevancy of results: "Search engines by definition try to put more relevant content higher and less relevant content l
by topynate 5y ago
Yegg followed up with an argument about relevancy of results:
"Search engines by definition try to put more relevant content higher and less relevant content lower -- that's not censorship, it's search ranking relevancy." – https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501734648417865731 https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501734648417865731
The other premise is that Russian disinformation is irrelevant by virtue of being disinformation – that a user of DDG wouldn't want to be manipulated if he somehow knew in advance that this would be the effect on him. Accepting that arguendo, what about the user explicitly looking for what Russia has to say? I asked Yegg if appending "russian perspective" would give Russian perspectives. I don't expect a reply but it seems clear to me that down-ranking sites is too blunt a tool to allow for this.
- bhandziuk 5y agodoes this imply that you just need to scroll down to see the "Russian Perspective"?