Try Kagi if you can afford a paid search engine. You can even specifically search the fediverse.

I’ve been using noai.duckduckgo.com for a while and it’s still useful. The problem isn’t just the search engines it’s the SEO that shit sites abuse to get to the top of searches.

You said it a lot more eloquently and provided more context, though, and I appreciate that.

My upbringing and events that happened during childhood really led me to a parh of compassion and gave me a drive for self reflection amd betterment. Seeing ignorance and blind faith cause so much pain and suffering really made me want to make things better in the world. I hope I’ve done so in my little corner of it.

Wait, what was that part about the internet? I missed it.

Abuse

HOA can’t fuck with HAM radio towers.

I’ve been thinking about this for a bit and best I have is a vague idea about using a model similar to cable tv but instead of a fixed amount of “channels” aka websites, the sites themselves can choose to be vetted and added to a list of sites under an umbrella org. The purpose of the umbrella org would be to vet and license or similar the websites to ensure they’re not predatory, meet certain advertising strictures, ensure against enshittification, etc. You pay a subscription fee to the umbrella org and in turn they help ensure a better internet.

Not a great idea or very fleshed out but some kind nd of circle of trust would be awesome. Keep sites focused on what they want to be. Advertise relevant to the content. Site get funded via the umbrella subscriptions.

I said consummate Vs! Consumate!

Fire ze missiles!

Forgot that on ny short list but I did have Mother Tongue.

non fiction books make me want to kill myself

I usually feel the same. A few notable exceptions I have found:

• [Salt: A World History)] (https://www.markkurlansky.com/books/salt-a-world-history/) - the history of salt is way more interesting than you would think.
• [The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_Tongue) - English is a damn weird language.
• [A People’s History of the United States] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People’s_History_of_the_United_States) - a much more accurate and honest history than the whitewashed version that public schools teach.

Sh.itjust.works

Cannot see Herve Villechaize without Forbidden Zone flashbacks.

Ok, so it would be glib glugs.

It would glug.

If a website can tell what zip code you’re in based on IP, that’s good enough. If someone is using a VPN and their approximate location is obfuscated, the USER can choose to volunteer their location if they want localized ads.

Targeted advertising of any kind should be voluntary.

I also believe billboards should be taken down. Advertisers have been given carte blanche to hijack our eyes, ears, and attention without permission for far too long.

And that’s why it should be regulated heavily. Advertising uses scientifically backed methods to short circuit people’s judgement and drive consumerism.

I mean yeah it’s the old way to serve ads but it’s incredibly inefficient.

Why do we have to make advertising efficient?

Personally I think advertising needs a LOT more regulation.

Came here to say the same.

The dog’s testicles? Is that an idiom in french?

Also: outside of Laverne and Shirley, this is the only time I have encountered “Hossenfeffer” in my days., that I can remember at least.