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No. We are not looking for hire someone to do a job. We just want to be able to search for content online without middlemen interjecting themselves in the hopes of monetizing the interaction.


And who do you expect will provide that content for you, for free?


The millions of people that write and produce content without being tied to this Protestant mentality that something is only worth doing if it is profitable.

In fact, I'd wager that if we had a way to filter for content that is written without the goal of being monetized, we'd have a better web and us consumers would be more inclined to reward and give back to the creators generously.


I thought this was an interesting topic, so I read a bit on Protestantism and Protestant work ethic and what makes things worth doing. [1, 2] The interpretation that something is only worth doing if profitable seems somewhat uncharitable but does seem to be possibly rooted in truth.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism#Protestant_cultu...

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic


The Kagi search engine which is close to entering public beta has lenses which tailor the search experience. There is a non-commercial lens. The lenses are basically on or off all the time and affect the overall search results.


I just realized that Kagi has a !hn option which will search hacker news.


Where did you find this feature? As a beta user, I have a hard time finding documentation for the features in Kagi. Ironically, searching about Kagi in Kagi is not helpful.


Our documentation still sucks, but Kagi supports all bangs that DDG supports and you can find them here :

https://duckduckgo.com/bang


The irony is that the garage is doing a fantastic job up until that point.

If someone is so clueless about changing a tyre that the best place they can start is google, then organically taking them to the garage's page is a win. Maybe they'll find the information useful, maybe they'll decide they're out of their depth and call the number on the screen.

For them to show up as the first organic result is a huge win. All they have to do with that win is not screw it up. And 9 meg of trackers, a page full of popups, and pointless CTAs (do you want to hire someone who can't change a tyre?) is screwing up that easy win.

You don't have to be scummy to turn search results into profit. That garage came so, so close of being a great example, before they threw it away and made a bad example.


The ten-million free content providers. We do it because it's worth doing.

If the "business people" were to disappear we'd do just fine. The whine of incessant marketing does tend to disturb the peace.




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