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"maybe even with user votes. " I'm so mind-blown that this does not exist yet. Free ranking feedback (live training of the algo!) + better search results for e

• viraptor 3y ago
  > Free ranking feedback Free spam SEO ranking in practice. A spam site has 1000x the incentive to upvote its result than you have to downvote it. YaCy did a distributed index with filtering lists and you effectively had to keep a list of who you trust / your own filter.
  • bomewish 3y ago
    Kinda solved with accounts, and/or subs, and monitoring/fraud detection? Or just turn it off for product related searches but keep it on for information related?
    • viraptor 3y ago
      Have you seen any large site with user reviews? Amazon? Yelp? Any feedback on a page that matters will be gamed, because anything over what you spent to game it is pure profit. This is not a solved issue in any meaningful way.
      • SebKba 3y ago
        Paid users only would probably push it in the right direction. It is unfortunate that the internet has moved into everything is advertising as a business model. I get the appeal but cognitively paying so I can keep my attention seems like a way better model.