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Comment on Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?

I have a very difficult time imagining an internet that is both interoperable and ranking-free. Now, that having been said, we are well outside my area of expertise here so I’d love to hear from folks who know more than me.

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boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
What about just giving transparency to what the ranking is and letting people control it? Analogous to “sort by new/best/top” bit ideally with more knobs to tweak and a bunch of preset options?

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- magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Then it’s just more easily abused by SEO. “Best” according to who? Votes? Number of views? Both numbers can be manipulated.
  
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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah, please only include lightweight pages please, with short texts. For example.
  
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- MHSJenkins@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  That could work, I suppose, but I do wonder how much it would slow everything down.
  
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