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The whole internet loves Kagi, a lovely paid search engine that can find things! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the CEO is an unhinged narcissist who will harangue you in email (hackers.town)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Because what are you gaining from a federated search? It makes sense for social media where different instances can specialize in their own topics. How does it make sense for search? What is the benefit of federating a search engine? Will each instance specialize in some specific type of search?

If I run a search are you going to query the federated network? If not then what is the point of federating? If so, how are you going to make it perform and how will you make search results consistent and reproducible?

So far I’ve seen no explanation for how end users benefit from a federated search. It’s just a buzzword that techbros like because of the fediverse.

[–] phoenixz 1 points 10 months ago

Because then the results would no longer be modified / pushed by the CEO du jour. It would truly give me honest and reliable results. That's why. See Reddit as an example in social media, but the point stands.