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Re:DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while ... by hedora on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:01PM (#16219982)
You are describing Yahoo, ca. 1995. The problem is that new users have no idea how to navigate the categorization system. (Remember using the dewey decimal system? It had the same problem, except that your local librarian was there to help.)
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Re:DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while ... by floren on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @10:36AM (#16223437)
Yeah, I remember the old categorization thing. I'm thinking of a much more high-level categorization: Here's sites selling shit. Here's web forums. Social media. Blogs. Commercial sites.

Honestly what I'd really like is a toggle that I can flip over to say "only show me sites that aren't trying to sell me shit", and then maybe I can read an honest review about the tent I'm interested in without 50 bullshit blog entries that just copy-pasted the manufacturer's copy and added an Amazon affiliate link.

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