Well damn, now I can't use Duck Duck Go anymore

[naita]

@BigT

Your argument would make more sense if DDG pitched itself or was used as some sort of academic-style search engine that was just about listing all information posted online, say, for research purposes or to track spread. But it is instead pitched as a replacement for Google et al, and is de facto used the same as those search engines. People go there to find answers to questions. They aren’t combing through all the results: they’re looking at the front page.

I mostly agree with you. And where I agree isn’t truly relevant for this discussion. I still think “We should boycott DDG because their algorithm doesn’t rank thinks as well, according to my priorities, as Google’s” is a bad bandwagon to get on.

[k9bfriender]

That’s not called a boycott, that’s called making a choice as a consumer.

Why would you use something that doesn’t rank things as well, according to your priorities?

[naita]

Yes, that was an unfortunate choice of phrase. This thread is just not my friend I guess. My point was that I still think the thread title is an overreaction to the situation as presented in the OP.