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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by hombre_fatal on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @08:07PM (#45817851)
You haven’t made a case for why free content should be more important than relevance.

If the search engine orders by relevance, than I can make the decision for myself of where to trade-off with paywalls.

I don’t want a search engine to make the decision for me because it cannot: what if the only answer to my question is behind a paywall?

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by mrbombastic on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @08:56PM (#45818155)
“ You haven’t made a case for why free content should be more important than relevance.”

I didn’t make that claim, i am contesting the claim “Only relevance should decide ranking”. I am arguing ease of accessibility should be a factor.

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @09:04AM (#45822959)
Unless you mean as a tie-breaker in the niche case of equally-relevant results, then you're making the claim that it's better to see less relevant (or nonrelevant) results just because they have some other quality beyond relevance.
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