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What is bubblification?

by philipov 2mo ago

sakarrakas 2mo ago
I think it's when the search engine starts answering with links "tailored" by your usage, effectively trapping you into a bubble. But I also never heard the "bubbling" verb.
- ldng 2mo ago
  Exactly. I don't like search engine second-guessing what I'm looking for, more often than not it's a miss.
- bejd 2mo ago
  Exactly. DuckDuckGo used to advertise themselves as a way to escape Google's search bubble[0] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050529/http://dontbubble.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050529/http://dontbubble...
  - ldng 2mo ago
    And that's exactly why I moved. And now they broke that trust.
eth0up 2mo ago
Aside from a gratifying term, perhaps the absence of thumbnails, icons, or whatever you call those favicon buggers that distract from the important part of the search results?
- eth0up 2mo ago
  I see this comment has made someone angry, but it may be the most plausible answer anyway. DuckDuckGo over-affiliates results with user-IPs, which is why I often don't use it. Not because of 'privacy', but because when I search for a specific subject, 99% percent of the time, I do not want localized results, eg when I search how to replace a valve on my vehicle, I am searching for instructions, not local mechanics, which comprises a significant portion of results I get from ddg, along with a few hotels, and restaurants which have nothing to do with my objective. But I am not sure the comment is being downvoted for irrelevance or any other rational purpose.And ddg is not going to disable the IP bubbling for the lite version Furthermore, I think we need a modified Godwin's law, to describe the inevitability of any discussion on HN regarding search engines to eventually turn into an ad for Kagi. Not saying it's a bad thing, but I think most people are not ready for a paid search engine. But at least no one is saying "just use AI". That would be bad.

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What is bubblification?

by philipov 2mo ago

What is bubblification?

sakarrakas 2mo ago
I think it's when the search engine starts answering with links "tailored" by your usage, effectively trapping you into a bubble. But I also never heard the "bubbling" verb.
- ldng 2mo ago
  Exactly. I don't like search engine second-guessing what I'm looking for, more often than not it's a miss.
- bejd 2mo ago
  Exactly. DuckDuckGo used to advertise themselves as a way to escape Google's search bubble[0] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050529/http://dontbubble.us/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050529/http://dontbubble...
  - ldng 2mo ago
    And that's exactly why I moved. And now they broke that trust.
eth0up 2mo ago
Aside from a gratifying term, perhaps the absence of thumbnails, icons, or whatever you call those favicon buggers that distract from the important part of the search results?
- eth0up 2mo ago
  I see this comment has made someone angry, but it may be the most plausible answer anyway. DuckDuckGo over-affiliates results with user-IPs, which is why I often don't use it. Not because of 'privacy', but because when I search for a specific subject, 99% percent of the time, I do not want localized results, eg when I search how to replace a valve on my vehicle, I am searching for instructions, not local mechanics, which comprises a significant portion of results I get from ddg, along with a few hotels, and restaurants which have nothing to do with my objective. But I am not sure the comment is being downvoted for irrelevance or any other rational purpose.And ddg is not going to disable the IP bubbling for the lite version Furthermore, I think we need a modified Godwin's law, to describe the inevitability of any discussion on HN regarding search engines to eventually turn into an ad for Kagi. Not saying it's a bad thing, but I think most people are not ready for a paid search engine. But at least no one is saying "just use AI". That would be bad.