Petition to change the Steemit search function to DuckDuckGo
Hello Steemians!
In the era of big data, Google has proven they are not the best company to trust. They have already admitted to exposing well over 50 million users data from a "bug" in their failed social media platform, Google+.
To make matters worse, many users had a Google+ account only due to being forced to have one de facto to comment and upload to Youtube. A few years back, Google mandated that all Youtube accounts be attached to a Google+ account. Steemit should acknowledge such and default the search feature to a DuckDuckGo search.
For those unfamiliar, DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. They do not care about user data nor make it marketable or accessible to third parties.
Let me know what you all, collectively as a community, think!
I like Duck Duck Go. It reminds me of the childhood game Duck Duck Goose. I am surprised Steemit does not use it or something like it with all of the idealists on here. I would vote for it over the gooble any day of the week.
P.S. Why is steemit so slow tonight? I tried to resteem this and it took forever.
That's what the company is named after haha. Yeah, it shocked me when I clicked search and saw Google. Crypto and privacy basically go hand in hand, so should be a no brainier.
Not sure why it's slow. I'd love to presume high volume of traffic, but I highly doubt it. Likely just server related.
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STOPI am glad to read this, very good idea. I don't really like google, I was but they not the same anymore.
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