DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Retric on Thursday March 10, 2022 @09:37PM (#30635485)

Should DDG show flat earth websites on basic searches about the earth?

That’s not about silencing the competition that’s about doing the basic functions you’re looking for in a search engine. Delisting would be another story as people may legitimately want to find flat earth content, but this isn’t delisting the content is still there you just need to specifically look for it.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by perryizgr8 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:27PM (#30636183)

> Should DDG show flat earth websites on basic searches about the earth?

It should if that's what their unbiased parameters bubble up. What's bs is hardcoded censorship/downranking of searches based on (geo)political ideology of the ddg owners.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Retric on Friday March 11, 2022 @06:53AM (#30638781)

If their unbiased parameters give useless spam, users would expect the parameters to change.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by perryizgr8 on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:04AM (#30638846)

Agreed, but I feel that is unlikely to be connected to a particular political ideology.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by raxxorrax on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:43AM (#30637035)

Since flat earth theories never posed any relevant problem, this is just a straw man to justify propaganda mechanisms.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Retric on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:59PM (#30645935)

Flat earth, anti vax groups, and national national governments running disinformation campaigns are all doing the exact same thing.

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