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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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