Comment on Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
MHSJenkins@infosec.pub 5 months ago
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.
boatswain@infosec.pub 5 months 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?
magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 5 months ago
Then it’s just more easily abused by SEO. “Best” according to who? Votes? Number of views? Both numbers can be manipulated.
Valmond@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, please only include lightweight pages please, with short texts. For example.
MHSJenkins@infosec.pub 5 months ago
That could work, I suppose, but I do wonder how much it would slow everything down.