aleppe7766
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6 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
I think the proposed improvement to the web in its intentions should mostly benefit the "ignorants", not those that can already navigate through the biases of today's technological gatekeepers. Please note, ignorants are not at fault for being so. Especially when governments cut funds for public education, and media leverages (and multiplies) ignorance to produce needs and sales, fears and votes. Any solution must work first to make the weak stronger, more conscious. A better and less biased web can help people grow their unbiased knowledge, and therefore exercise their right of vote with a deeper understanding of the complexity. Voting ignorants are an opportunity for the ill intentioned politicians, as much as are a problem for me, you and the whole country.
aleppe7766
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6 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
That’s a very useful distinction, that brings me to a question: are we sure that automating ranking in 2019, on the basis of publicly scrutinized algorithms, would bring us back to a pre-Google accuracy? Also, ranking on the basis of the sole query instead of the individual, would lead to much more neutral results.
aleppe7766
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6 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
That would bring to an even bigger filter bubble issue, more precisely to a techno élite which is capable, willing and knowledgeable enough to feel the need go through the hassle, and all the rest navigating in such an indexed mess that would pave the way to all sort of new gatekeepers, belonging to the aforementioned tech élite. It’s not a simple issue to tackle, perhaps a public scrutiny on the ranking algorithms would be a good first step.
aleppe7766
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7 years ago
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on: Apple Is a Hypocrite on Data Privacy
Basically the author is calling Apple to be its clients’ privacy guardian. What if somebody prefers the much touted Apple design and is perfectly fine with his/her data being used and misused by anybody? Apple’s positioning as a “force of good” rather than another tech company hellbent on making profits, kind of encourages these “naive” interpretations of Apple’s marketing positioning. BTW how many units sold does Apple’s privacy stance move per quarter? If I was in Zuckerberg, I would give a free iPhone to those who adhere to the spy program :-)
