Comments on: Graph search: Facebook opens new chapter to close the internet

By: supermundane

supermundane — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:31:15 +0000

There’s also the satisfaction of knowing that you’re doing just a little less to contribute to Google or Facebook’s bottom line.

By: supermundane

supermundane — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:25:02 +0000

Google is hardly the epitome of an open, unfettered internet. In the realm of search the only option I know of that offers this is Duckduckgo.com, which doesn’t profile and users and consequently doesn’t personalise searches.

I find it superior to Google’s offering.

By: Pat Armstrong

Pat Armstrong — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:55:44 +0000

(obligatory link to the newly-minted Actual Facebook Graph Seatches Tumblr)

By: IC-1101

IC-1101 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:40:35 +0000

I find all of this to be quite tedious. It’s as if Facebook is forcing it to use their system or something. It’s a public, publishing platform: if you’re worried about privacy, then you probably shouldn’t walk out into the middle of the street yelling out your name.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:21:51 +0000

And yet even when using Google to search, the internet feels far smaller and more controlled than it once did, i.e. more personalised. Both Google and Facebook collect user information so as to ostensibly create a better service, but this service seems both more streamlined and less interesting.

I’m thinking of completely switching to Duckduckgo now. For me at least, Duckduckgo is turning up slightly more relevant results and all without them knowing a thing about me.

By: Dawson Colin

Dawson Colin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:52:53 +0000

Brin complains of Facrbook users having to “play by their rules”. But try to do a Google search while using an anonymous proxy: a stern refusal will be the result. You must make yourself known, and they will track your activity and use the information for any purpose they choose. Whose rules are they? Certainly not users’.