[PLUG] Crude comparisons of search engines

[Denis Heidtmann]

I see some opportunities for those involved in anger management counseling.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 8:51 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Man, based on the direct email I just got he really took issue with the
> whole complacency thing. Such is life these days. Hopefully Mike realizes
> that he has the option to block individual email addresses instead of
> unsubscribing from the entire list.
>
> Better yet, he can get his sad sorry ass off gmail. After 2 fucked up
> elections and massive issues with medical misinformation I have zero
> respect for people who can't acknowledge how those platforms work and do
> the right thing. I'm frankly fed up with people who use such platforms
> acting like they have some sort of moral high ground. Fuck Google and the
> users who rely on it.
>
> I put more effort than people realize into making sure my facts are
> accurate and that my actions are forward thinking.
> -Ben
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 at 6:49 PM, Mike C. <mconnors1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Please get your fucking facts straight before you start your name
> calling eliist bullshit. I didn't just share my complacency to the world
> asshole.
> >
> > I tried to understand the mostly vague criticisms in an honest effort to
> offer some suggestions.
> >
> > What fucking good is it if I were to offer the feedback to any fucking
> product or service the form for "less than useless".
> >
> > FUCK YOU!
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 6:35 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at protonmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I've noticed that complacent people are very determined to share their
> complacency with the world.
> >>
> >> Just an observation. Wandering missives about how none of this matters
> to YOUR life are neither constructive nor polite.
> >>
> >> I have some old code from a search "engine" I wrote. Going to dig it up
> tonight and see if I can set up a little experiment...
> >>
> >> Feel free to explore meaningless opinions in the meantime.
> >> -Ben
> >> Sent from ProtonMail mobile
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> On Sep 7, 2021, 6:05 PM, Mike C. < mconnors1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> "but i suspect that keith's dislike of ads, homonym results, ... are
> widely
> >> shared."
> >> I almost exclusively use Google search and I don't get "Pages and pages
> of
> >> ads."
> >> I wouldn't say I've never run into the homonym issue but it's not
> gotten to
> >> the point of frustration to call a search engine "worse than useless".
> >> There's plenty to criticize Google for, but I've moved away from the
> tech
> >> field and the things that I use tech for and the ways that I interact w.
> >> tech Google's stuff including Android, Google Fi, etc works really well
> for
> >> my day to day life.
> >> If I were a journalist, activist, etc, I wouldn't use it and don't
> >> recommend it to those types of people.
> >> About the only things tech I pay attention to anymore are privacy &
> >> security stuff.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 5:37 PM Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> >>> > You seem to have some very personal and unique search engine issues
> >>> > and preferences that I dare say many other people don't.
> >>>
> >>> well, for criterion X, i am confident there are populations on both
> >>> sides.
> >>>
> >>> but i suspect that keith's dislike of ads, homonym results, ... are
> >>> widely shared.
> >>>
> >>> duckduckgo is somewhat better; and i especially like that i can
> >>> right-click a search result and get the correct url, not a gobble
> >>> redirect.
> >>>
> >>> and i run a tor relay, more as a social good. i rarely use tor.
> >>>
> >>> randy
> >>>