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Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by aaomidi on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:45AM (#33035583)
Maybe don’t blacklist an entire TLD then.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by tn890 on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:46AM (#33035600)
Since it's Russian owned, a lot of malicious actors have found .ru to be a safe heaven, this is more of a security thing than anything.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by aaomidi on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:46AM (#33035603)
No, it’s security theater.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by marginalia_nu on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:19AM (#33036053)
I've found that about 80% of the bullshit my search engine crawler finds is on Russian and Chinese IPs (especially the Alibaba Cloud).

Not that there isn't legitimate content, but there seems to be very little effort put toward policing the bad as long as it primarily targets a western demographic.

This is not by any means a new development.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by MayeulC on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:25PM (#33041006)
Oh wow, I was looking for your search engine a few months back, but couldn't recall the name, and my searching turned up nothing, even here on HN somehow.

I just came across the open-sourcing blog post. Thank you for doing this. Search is something I'm quite interested in. Is there a public mailing list somewhere to discuss marginalia-related stuff? I'll probably look into contributing at a later point (I've also always wondered how good sqlite+webtorrent would do fare a search engine, for instance -- not saying I'll make a PR for that, but I'd be curious to investigate stuff like that).

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by marginalia_nu on Saturday October 01, 2022 @05:53AM (#33045351)
I'm still working on how best to run this as an open source project. No list or anything just yet. I'm half considering moving onto github from git.marginalia.nu; but still ironing out the details. Also a lot of rough edges to smooth when it comes to contributor experience, running the thing still requires a lot of awkward manual steps.

If you want you can pop me an email (see my profile) and I'll let you know when the details are more clear.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by shakow on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:39AM (#33036350)
Don't forget the Bayes theorem: lot of crap comes from ru/cn domains <=/=> most ru/cn domains are crap.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by MichaelCollins on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:28PM (#33036964)
The majority of English-language ru/cn domains being crap seems like a safe bet. I'm sure lots of legitimate businesses in those countries have such domains, but those websites aren't relevant to an English speaker not living in those countries.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by marginalia_nu on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:16PM (#33036845)
If I'm interested in reducing the amount of crap, it's only the left hand of that inequality I care about.
Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by tn890 on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:49AM (#33035647)
Since .ru hosts a LOT of malware that's running wild, and I don't particularly care to view anything on .ru, we'll just agree to disagree.

Good arguments btw.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by orbital-decay on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:54AM (#33035708)
>and I don't particularly care to view anything on .ru

Why complain about it then? Seems like a non-issue.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by andrepd on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:41PM (#33039744)
You don't particularly care to view anything on .ru, but you're complaining that you can't open a website (which you'd like to view) which is on .ru. What a bizarre thing to say.