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Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Then it’s just more easily abused by SEO. “Best” according to who? Votes? Number of views? Page rank? All numbers can be manipulated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, please only include lightweight pages please, with short texts. For example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That could work, I suppose, but I do wonder how much it would slow everything down.