DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by astine on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:46PM (#30630765)

If you're actually interested in flat earth theory you'll search for "Flat Earth." If you search for "Charting a Flight", You're probably not looking for flat earth content.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by julesnp on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:59PM (#30630943)

To me that has to do with search results being tuned for relevancy, not due the the perceived quality of the information.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by astine on Thursday March 10, 2022 @02:02PM (#30630983)

Maybe, but you could also argue that bad information is irrelevant. If I search for "cancer treatment", it's not necessarily helpful for "black salve" to pop-up on my search results.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by brimble on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:38PM (#30632132)

And a Flat Earth take on how to chart a flight path isn't relevant because...?

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