This paper proposes an open and collaborative system by whicha community, or a single user, can create sets of rules and filters, called Goggles, to define the space which a search engine can pull results from. Instead of a single ranking algorithm, we could have as many as needed, overcoming the biases that a single actor (the search engine) embeds into the results ... Such system would be made possible by the availability of a host search engine, providing the index and infrastructure, which are unlikely to be replicated without major development and infrastructure costs.
Unironically, a multitude of biases in search engine results is just what we need. And the difficulty in building your own index is just why we don't have it. I would love to have my own version of google-without-the-stupid-stuff according to people I specifically identify and respect.
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Absolutely! I see a lot of people complain about twitter, but if you actively curate who you want to see and turn off recommendation posts it can be a very pleasant experience. There's loads of positive communities posting heartwarming and uplifting content. It's just that rage and anger are optimized by the algorithms, you have to actively curate your bubble to counteract.
Goggles have a lot of promise. I'm excited about the concepts Brave is bringing forth.
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