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privacy_guruWho here uses DuckDuckGo as their search engine? For the last few months whenever I want to open a Wikipedia article on their search results the page fails to open. If I copy/paste the link I want to view in my browser it loads fine. If I use another search engine the Wiki page link opens just fine. I keep wondering if DuckDuckGo is blocking Wikipedia links so people will use their AI more often. Or is this just a me and my browser problem? Can this be replicated? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#duckduckgo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wikipedia</a>

Claudius<a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> now lets you filter AI images in your image search. Amazing.This is, how well this works:

T_XHad been searching for the topics "manganese in drink water" via the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Duckduckgo</a> search engine yesterday. And realized that the top five or so websites all had the same text. This in turn made me wonder today:Is what generative AI does like drinking from and peeing into the same water reservoir?

FrehiFor those that missed the news: European search engines Qwant and Ecosia are starting to use their own web index in order to reduce their dependency on Bing.Try them out: <a href="https://www.qwant.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.qwant.com/</a> <a href="https://www.ecosia.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.ecosia.org/</a><a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ecosia-and-Qwant-launch-web-search-via-European-index-10513567.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ecosia-and-Qwant-launch-web-search-via-European-index-10513567.html</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#qwant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ecosia</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#searchengine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#duckduckgo</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#europe</a>

Nanometri<a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/@john" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@john</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/@afterdawn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@afterdawn</a> DuckDuckGo:sta saa kyllä myös AI-ominaisuudet helposti kytkettyä pois päältä, jos näin haluaa tehdä. <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/hakukone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hakukone</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/tekoaly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tekoaly</a>

Richard BroekmanTurns out there are two non-javascript versions: lite.duckduckgo.com and html.duckduckgo.com I'll give the html version a go. Sure there's some functionality missing (switch to image/news search for one) but I don't miss that for my main use, which is just trying to find some text on webpages.<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/non-javascript" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/non-javascript</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a>

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹9 ways <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a>'s Search Assist Differs from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> Overviews<a href="https://gabrielweinberg.com/p/9-ways-duckduckgo-differs-from-google-ai-overviews" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gabrielweinberg.com/p/9-ways-duckduckgo-differs-from-google-ai-overviews</a>

Richard BroekmanQ for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> experts: I used to have my browser start page set to start.duckduckgo.com. I like the clean layout and the search box in the middle of the page. Now I want to use noai.duckduckgo.com to avoid AI stuff. This has the search box at the top and clutter below. Is there a URL that gets me the 'noai' version of the 'start' page, without using cookies or hiding elements?Note: this is about loading an actual page for my searches, I do not want to search from the address bar. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DDG</a>

UnlogicTrying <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosia</a> instead of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> for now. Seeing as they use the same sources not much changes except that apparently I am planting trees now. So that's nice.

Rolf Blijleven<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> search results are degrading. Ai is totally off in my settings. Yet machine aggregated junk is right up there in the top results. To the point of it becoming unusable. What's the deal, Ducky?

100%/0% TAX ✅ ✅<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> On the topic of duck.ai I don't mind it but I also noticed there a (#)PrivacyViolation.If I upload an image and ask duck.ai about it...it requires HTML5 canvas data that can uniquely identify a user.That was a major (#)RedFlag for me.Then the point where it said "stop using ad blockers" and "Microsoft handles our ads" proves to me that DuckDuckGo's business model finally failed.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGoIsAFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGoIsAFailure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyViolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrivacyViolation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedFlag</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGoRedFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGoRedFlag</a>

100%/0% TAX ✅ ✅<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> I continue to use (#)DuckDuckGo because I know it's a (#)LesserEvil...but I wish to find an even lesser evil if possible.DDG being a lesser evil doesn't make it good.What (#)WeCan do is use tools to protect ourselves...which of course always comes at a price.I really liked your post because I thought I was alone in spotting serious problems with DuckDuckGo...and I didn't know if anyone was ready to admit what we all knew.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGoEnshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGoEnshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Bob K Mertz :distressedUS:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Lydie</a> I've been using Mojeek a bit more but their index isn't large enough yet. The problem with the old names like you listed are they are, well, just names -- they rely on Google or Bing for search results (Bing is where DDG's enshittification is coming from)<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittified</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Lycos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lycos</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Dogpile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dogpile</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Excite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Excite</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aislop</a>

ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj: 💾With <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> being <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittified</a>, I just randomly decided to see if some ancient search engines are still alive. Sure enough, there are a few throwback engines still going strong.<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Lycos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lycos</a>: Alive and well! I don't see much enshittification, it's clean.<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Dogpile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dogpile</a>: Also seems clean and functional<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Excite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Excite</a>: Clean, but has ads in the results. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aislop</a>

Jason BeetsBreak free from the mega-corporations of Silicon Valley. Use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine. Use Firefox as your default internet browser. Use Mastodon as your primary social media website. 13/x<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FuckMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckMicrosoft</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FuckGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckGoogle</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FuckAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckAI</a>

Obot 50549535Lately I've been using DuckDuckGo search, since I've given up Google's AI search that can't get anything right.I turned off AI in the DuckDuckGo search preferences ... and I have noticed that the search results items usually have sentences beginning with "Learn about" or "Discover", sentences that do not appear on the indicated web page. Sentences that, apparently, were written by some AI LLM. Even though I told it to shut off AI.Anybody else seen this behavior? <a href="https://left-tusk.com/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://left-tusk.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>

Les e-novateurs💩 IA partout, qualité nulle part ?Quand on part en quête d'une image sur un moteur de recherche, on peut légitimement se poser la question : de plus en plus de contenus de mauvaise qualité, générés à la pelle par IA, colonisent désormais le Web.Mais certains acteurs en ligne, comme <a href="https://botsin.space/@duckduckgo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@duckduckgo</a> mettent en place des outils pour faire le tri. <a href="https://les-enovateurs.com/breves/duckduckgo-stop-images-mauvaise-qualite-generees-ia?mtm_kwd=mtdn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://les-enovateurs.com/breves/duckduckgo-stop-images-mauvaise-qualite-generees-ia?mtm_kwd=mtdn</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qualitemediocre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qualitemediocre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contenusnumeriques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contenusnumeriques</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moteurrecherche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moteurrecherche</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#duckduckgo</a>

MarkDuckDuckGo 'Assist' search: duckduckgo show random search result from YouTube.com :DuckDuckGo • Often less relevant, especially for niche topics • May struggle to find specific videos User Experience: • Mixed; some users revert to Google for better results Google • Generally more accurate and relevant • Generally consistent and reliable • Typically effective in locating videos<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a>

Matthewchat<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Duckduckgo</a> now has an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> block feature! It's not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction. <a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a>

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