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Re:Ask HN: Is there a better model than flagging? by theCrowing on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:57AM (#34138058)
Now you are just lying...

DuckDuckGo doesn't profile its users according to their search patterns, and everyone gets the same search results. [1]

[1] https://spreadprivacy.com/google-filter-bubble-study/

Re:Ask HN: Is there a better model than flagging? by mactavish88 on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:56AM (#34138667)
Here you go, my first page of hits on mobile: https://imgur.com/a/zSL5fVX

Only when I got to my laptop now did the set of links differ: https://imgur.com/a/EuUt7U5

Clearly not the same set of results for the same search.

Re:Ask HN: Is there a better model than flagging? by theCrowing on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:20AM (#34138961)
See that's another you problem you changed something and now your search results are distorted. Here are screenshots from 5 different VPN locations with different browsers and different user agents... https://imgur.com/a/P4zoAzf