CTH:
The information war continues raging….
On one battlefront, we have Elon Musk trying to push back against quasi-government control mechanisms that constrict information and the flow of discussion and ideas. On a lesser, albeit similar battlefield, we see this.
DuckDuckGo used to be the preferred search engine for those who wanted privacy on-line and unfiltered, i.e. organic, search engine responses. Unfortunately, CEO Gabriel Weinberg is now stating he will change the algorithm to remove independent information and media outlets and will replace them with only approved MSM results.
“Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine️,” Weinberg tweeted on Wednesday. “At DuckDuckGo, we’ve been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.”
more here
Fu@k Fu@k Duck Duck Go
Fu@k Fu@k Duck Duck Go!
I’ve been using Result Hunter for a while now.
Their big claim was being the privacy option vs always tracking Google. I’m sure that is gone as well. I noticed over the last few months the searches on many things are producing Google like results.
This is so typical. Every time a new platform is made combat big tech fascism, it just gets bought out and taken over by the same big tech fascist cabal. And most of the compromising is engineered by the new hires acquired as the platform expands, all the fruits of college brainwashing.
Dammit. Any equivalents that haven’t been corrupted?
May as well go back to Google, no point in using *uck *uck Go any more. I wasn’t impressed with the search results from the beginning.
DDG always ran off of Google algorithms. They played coy just long enough to buildup their own search results bank.
Although they claimed to not track you, (all the while accepting “donations”…b’cause freedoms or something), I ceased using them when it became obvious they were just Google 2.0 without the pretty colors.
Considering those espousing support for Ukraine, I’m thinking maybe it’s time for second thought.
that duck don’t quack here no more
‘down-rank’
Duck Duck Bye Bye!
Make that Buh Bye!
DuckDuckGone
There are more and more search engines popping up. They all have advantages and disadvantages, so you have to do a little research.
There are “meta search” engines which get some results from other engines (bing, google, scopia, etc.) as well as doing some of their own crawling. These include engines like MetaGer, SwissCows, Qwant, the now dreaded DuckDuckGo, etc.)
There are also engines that do their own crawlers. The issue with these is that they haven’t quite reached the breadth of sites, but they are closing in fast. These include Mojeek and Brave Search.
I know they’re tree huggers and I don’t know what their setup is, but I noticed that Ecosia search engine actually looks for the stuff you type and not who paid to be stuck at the top.
Here are alternatives:
swisscows.com/
http://www.startpage.com/
search.brave.com/
lite.qwant.com/
metager.org/
http://www.mojeek.com/
yandex.com/
http://www.bing.com/
http://www.goodgopher.com/
We only allow a small amount of links per comment, but I’m gonna let this post. 🙂
-MJA
ROGER F
Thanks!
you might want to try:
https://searx.org/search
What do you folks think of Start Page?
MJA – I was going to mention them. Good pick
billyhall2546 – I haven’t tried that one, but I will add it to my list
I’ve been using meta search engine “Dogpile” for a long time, years.
Why am I not surprised?
What will the excuse when Russia-Ukraine is over?
suck dick, dindu
Ive switched to Brave browser and search engine. In case
You guys just got quacked! El Kabong strikes again! Can’t win for lose promoting conspiracy theories dad gummit.
Using Brave search engine since deleting Duck Duck Go app. Brave works great. It tracks and gets rid of malware, pop up nuisances too.
Hi boys and girls. As an expert on looking for things on line that have a specialized interest I recommend that you just go to pornhub and type in what it is you want. I mean, what the F would you be looking for on line other than “you know what”
Yes #Hunter
Pornhub is second only to xhamster in my internet search book.
I’m with Forgotonia & JP, I went with search.brave.com/. Not bad so far.
We need to say far, far away from these spies.
Say your prayers everyday!
God Bless us all!
HAPPY EASTER!!!
Take the amount of venture “capital”.
Divide by revenue.
Is the result greater than zero?
As with many other entities, duckduckgo’s Weinberg was paid by the left to fall in with them. Dumped the thing when I read of their targeting and squashing reliable data and info from credible sources. We’ll see how well ‘brave’ search works out since they’re still beta.
I used to be able to search out different sources from all sides of a topic and run it through my own “bullshit sieve” in my head . I don’t like the idea of guided group thought .
I’ma trying startpage in firefox to see if it works well.
God loves the Duck, they will prevail. Fake news & conspiracy theories come & go, the truth is out there no matter how hard you try to supress it.
I’m going to be real blunt: FRACK OFF, DUCK DUCK BLOW! I PROMOTED YOU AND USED YOU AND TALKED YOU UP. NOW, YOU GO AND DO THIS FRACKING GARBAGE? I’M DONE WITH YOU. GO FRACK YOURSELF DRY! “APPROVED CONTENT” IS ANOTHER WAY TO SPELL LIES AND POLITICALLY CONTROLLED PROPAGANDA.