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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by CRConrad on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:13AM (#30669686)
> The argument I'm hearing is that most people are stupid and those stupid people aren't smart enough to know better

Yup, exactly. And that argument is correct.

> this was the same argument used to perpetuate slavery.

> Edit: Elaborated my argument.

No, created a huge strawman.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by account42 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:44AM (#30669896)
Who do you think is smart enough to decide what the plebs should be allowed to hear and see? You?
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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by CRConrad on Monday March 14, 2022 @09:58AM (#30672517)
Any engineer who is as smart as the SEO-gaming trolls spreading disinformation from the RNC or the St Petersburg "Factory", and can write search engine rules to undo theirs.

And the "plebs" would still "be allowed to hear and see" the fake news; un-gaming the Troll SEO will just put their dreck down on the eighth page of search results where it belongs, in stead of the first. (Well, "will"... Easily could, if it gets implemented that way. Which is all at least I would ask of the search engines.)

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