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poloniousmonk's avatar

I see a much simpler solution. Nationalize Search and put librarians in charge of it. Information is as much a human need as health care, and it's absurd to let the oligarchs take profit from it. And librarians index information for a living. They're the professionals at it. Make the coders subordinate to them.

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Wendy Liu's avatar

great post! much in agreement with your conclusion.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

That judge: "Plaintiffs seek to address an increasingly existential problem faced by publishers and digital content creators: diminishing traffic to their websites." What? My traffic is growing, not diminishing. What's he talkin about

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