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Re:Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world... by tomaskafka on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:40AM (#23211555)
Many times I have thought about what could happen if Twitter asked you to recommend up to 3-5 people you value, and write a tweet-sized (or shorted) recommendation.

Over time you would get a 'pagerank for people' and could do awesome stuff with that, like 'You don't know XYZ, but 3 people you trust trust her, and this is what they tell about her:' ...

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world... by halfdan on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:17AM (#23212160)
Until that gets screwed using social engineering and people optimising for being affiliated with people writing them good reviews.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world... by Terretta on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:19PM (#23213963)
You know, for people with Klout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klout

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