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>The USA seized the only reputable news site covering darknet safety and removed its content from the open internet. If they were 'reputable' they wouldn't hav

>The USA seized the only reputable news site covering darknet safety and removed its content from the open internet. If they were 'reputable' they wouldn't have received kickbacks for linking to drug and cyber crime markets. >>According to the Department of Justice, while DeepDotWeb was in operation a total of 23.6 percent of all orders completed on AlphaBay involved DeepDotWeb Real reputable lol.

arsome 3y ago
I'm not so sure that detracts from their reputability, does Rtings seem less reputable because affiliate revenue is part of their income?
- cheeze 3y ago
  A bit, yes. Rtings has a vested interest to not cover a product that is sold, say, direct to consumer rather than via Amazon affiliate. I still trust Rtings and love the website, but yeah it's totally possible that at some point they leave out a product because no revenue. I think the hit to their rep would be too big so they wouldn't, but it's always possible.
- RockRobotRock 3y ago
  Yes, 100%.
- brookst 3y ago
  To a degree, yes. And if the products they were covering were illegal, it would not be at all surprising to see them busted for reviews and affiliate links. I think you’re truing to split hairs on what “reputable” means maybe?
ijhuygft776 3y ago
Is Google reputable? Some ads even contain malware...
- marcinzm 3y ago
  Have you seen the comments people make about Google search quality?
  - ijhuygft776 3y ago
    I don't need to, I used to experience it... But to tell you the truth, ChatGPT's quality went down much more quickly.
- Cody-99 3y ago
  Google news seems pretty reputable; of course it is more of a news aggregator so that must be kept in mind. >Some ads even contain malware... Yeah but what does that have to do with this though? Google isn't getting a kickback from the people running the malware like the 'news website' that was seized was. Google doesn't want malware to be delivered from ads and takes many steps to mitigate it. To compare that to the direct kickback from drug and stolen ID marketplaces is silly IMO.
- stonogo 3y ago
  What reporting does Google do?
  - ijhuygft776 3y ago
    reporting to who are you referring to?
    - stonogo 3y ago
      Darknetlive was a news site. An ancestor comment here described a news site as 'reputable' and the comparison to Google was made, asking if Google is 'reputable.' Since Darknetlive is a news site and Google does not engage in journalism (aka 'reporting') I don't think the comparison is apt.
alpenbazi 3y ago
your mind processes seem limited to the "generally by society acceptable" filter. Remove that and you will find a new world. But do not remove the "your own moral values" filter.
- stavros 3y ago
  Society would change a hell of a lot faster if people thought about ethics instead of inheriting their morality, as the latter just seems to mostly be "I find objectionable what my parents found objectionable". When I had to do this, I came to some distasteful to me conclusions, eg that two adult siblings should be free to have protected sex. I just didn't see any way to justify not allowing that. Not many people do this.
  - nh23423fefe 3y ago
    but morality was invented to help social apes mediate. why would you invent a set of beliefs no one agrees with? the purpose is consensus and predictability and alignment with biological programming. i dont want to know "ethical people" who have academic beliefs about incest
  - Exoristos 3y ago
    > Society would change a hell of a lot faster if ... Why do you want this? "It might help my boss make more money" short-term?

arsome 3y ago

I'm not so sure that detracts from their reputability, does Rtings seem less reputable because affiliate revenue is part of their income?

cheeze 3y ago
A bit, yes. Rtings has a vested interest to not cover a product that is sold, say, direct to consumer rather than via Amazon affiliate. I still trust Rtings and love the website, but yeah it's totally possible that at some point they leave out a product because no revenue. I think the hit to their rep would be too big so they wouldn't, but it's always possible.
RockRobotRock 3y ago
Yes, 100%.
brookst 3y ago
To a degree, yes. And if the products they were covering were illegal, it would not be at all surprising to see them busted for reviews and affiliate links. I think you’re truing to split hairs on what “reputable” means maybe?

ijhuygft776 3y ago

Is Google reputable? Some ads even contain malware...

marcinzm 3y ago
Have you seen the comments people make about Google search quality?
- ijhuygft776 3y ago
  I don't need to, I used to experience it... But to tell you the truth, ChatGPT's quality went down much more quickly.
Cody-99 3y ago
Google news seems pretty reputable; of course it is more of a news aggregator so that must be kept in mind. >Some ads even contain malware... Yeah but what does that have to do with this though? Google isn't getting a kickback from the people running the malware like the 'news website' that was seized was. Google doesn't want malware to be delivered from ads and takes many steps to mitigate it. To compare that to the direct kickback from drug and stolen ID marketplaces is silly IMO.
stonogo 3y ago
What reporting does Google do?
- ijhuygft776 3y ago
  reporting to who are you referring to?
  - stonogo 3y ago
    Darknetlive was a news site. An ancestor comment here described a news site as 'reputable' and the comparison to Google was made, asking if Google is 'reputable.' Since Darknetlive is a news site and Google does not engage in journalism (aka 'reporting') I don't think the comparison is apt.

alpenbazi 3y ago

your mind processes seem limited to the "generally by society acceptable" filter. Remove that and you will find a new world. But do not remove the "your own moral values" filter.

stavros 3y ago
Society would change a hell of a lot faster if people thought about ethics instead of inheriting their morality, as the latter just seems to mostly be "I find objectionable what my parents found objectionable". When I had to do this, I came to some distasteful to me conclusions, eg that two adult siblings should be free to have protected sex. I just didn't see any way to justify not allowing that. Not many people do this.
- nh23423fefe 3y ago
  but morality was invented to help social apes mediate. why would you invent a set of beliefs no one agrees with? the purpose is consensus and predictability and alignment with biological programming. i dont want to know "ethical people" who have academic beliefs about incest
- Exoristos 3y ago
  > Society would change a hell of a lot faster if ... Why do you want this? "It might help my boss make more money" short-term?