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> For me, a search engine's job is to find relevant web pages quickly. I disagree even with this. Please, no "relevant" pages bullshit. Give me just pages th
by enriquto 4y ago
> For me, a search engine's job is to find relevant web pages quickly.
I disagree even with this. Please, no "relevant" pages bullshit. Give me just pages that contain the search terms verbatim.
- JohnFen 4y agoHeh, I read "relevant" as meaning "containing the terms I'm searching for". You comment made me realize that the definition has shifted over the years. I agree with you -- I think that Google, for instance, trying to read my mind for what I "really want" is the main reason that Google search sucks for me. I expect no better when any other search engine tries that.
- runarberg 4y agoI think what we are witnessing is what Marxists call reification - the shifting of the meaning from an abstract to a concrete. That is Google has successfully reified the term relevant such that it is easier for them to control and market around. Another example of a pretty atrocious case of reification is when facebook reified the word friend to mean people you follow on their platform.