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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by allknowingfrog on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:58AM (#28553428)
If you click through to the About page, I think you'll see that "interesting and unexpected material surfacer" is a fairly apt description of the project.
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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by handelaar on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:17AM (#28573864)
I think in fairness that when "interesting and unexpected material surfacer" is merely a euphemism for "we didn't bother indexing the things you might actually be looking for", a degree of scepticism isn't unwarranted.

(Source: I looked up several Irish politicians because I run an all-text website containing every single word that they say in parliament. I got nothing of use, or even of interest, for anything.)

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