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by pbreit 2781 days ago
Search is significantly better when it can consider previous search history.
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I'm more than happy with a slightly worse search in order to avoid being pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered.
While I can see some difference, in practice it's not significant enough to make me switch back to Google.
I actually think that breaks it, I like it better when everybody gets the same results for the same queries. People (via algorithms or directly) shaping what others get to see, rather than configuration and user empowerment, is something I reject.
I used to think that but now I see very little value in it to the current searcher. Why would you ever care what other people get?
To have that be part of the common world. Just like I wouldn't want Wikipedia to show a different version of the world to every visitor.