Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

intheflow

(30,197 posts)

14. They've misunderstood DDG's mission.

Reply to underpants (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 10:28 AM

Mar 2022

Not tracking/collecting information is a very liberal concept, going hand in hand with freedom of information ideals. But the Freedumb crowd assumes not tracking searches = the wild, wild west where white men run shooting and raping and lynching to own the libs.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

18 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The DuckDuckGo Users Furious at Its Response to the War in Ukraine [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2022 OP

Good for DuckDuckGo AZProgressive Mar 2022 #1

+100 I'm with you! I've used Duck Duck Go for many years. I value the service they abqtommy Mar 2022 #2

I've used before. Didn't know it became a rightwing thing Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #3

Is it a right-wing thing? It seems like it's beome a right-wing target. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2022 #5

The "Right Wing thing" is "I'm gonna switch to DDG because Google censors blah blah..." JHB Mar 2022 #16

Not RW thing per se, just a major engine they use because they won't use MS Bing or Google. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #7

Duck Duck Go advertises a lot on talk radio underpants Mar 2022 #9

They've misunderstood DDG's mission. intheflow Mar 2022 #14

It's my primary search engine, but I fear they may be gone after this attack... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #6

Nah, 10,000 bots aren't a blip. Hugin Mar 2022 #12

?? NJCher Mar 2022 #4

That's an extra step for them turning on Fox News or talk radio is much easier underpants Mar 2022 #8

They want their Russian lies to be spread as much as possible muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #10

Once again the self-described 'libertarians' would rather stamp their... Hugin Mar 2022 #11

The free market strikes again! intheflow Mar 2022 #13

Kick dalton99a Mar 2022 #15

If nazi party members don't like DuckDuckGo, area51 Mar 2022 #17

:) And EU just sanctioned Yandex's head for spreading Kremlin agitprop, Hortensis Mar 2022 #18