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Are the search results unbiased when people game the algorithm to artificially inflate their relevance. Is it biased when you counter their moves by down rankin
by abracadaniel 5y ago
Are the search results unbiased when people game the algorithm to artificially inflate their relevance. Is it biased when you counter their moves by down ranking their relevance?
- OrlandoHakim 5y agoGood questions! I think the answers in both cases is a resounding NO. However, as Gabriel Weinberg mentioned in his post, DDG already displays content warnings on questionable sources and I would be very much in favor of that over outright banning or severely downrating sources. At the very least, if they choose to downrank, I would prefer they be transparent about the mechanics of the algorithm and specify which sources will be downranked. That way there is at least a mechanism for feedback should they make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes and no algorithm is perfect which is why I prefer transparency to an opaque black-box algorithm.