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Search HN, it was a big buzz recently.
by behnamoh 4y ago
Search HN, it was a big buzz recently.
- rvz 4y agoDuckDuckGo's search manipulation is just no different to Google's since essentially they are using Microsoft Bing's search results. [0] So the manipulation, down-ranking and censoring of search results was inevitable with tons of evidence of this: [1][2][3][4] "At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.": [1] At this point, DDG is a front for Microsoft using 'privacy' buzzwords. Might as well use Brave Search then. [0] https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so... [1] https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 [2] https://www.vox.com/recode/22981115/duckduckgo-free-speech-privacy-oops https://www.vox.com/recode/22981115/duckduckgo-free-speech-p... [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/hx5dn5/proof_duckduckgo_manipulates_search_results_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/hx5dn5/proof_du... [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395635