From 032c3c7f6e9becfbc7105a6ff03afc1cb8d7a6da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 00:46:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index e4cac316e..cbf49bb69 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The Agora you are likely reading this in, https://anagora.org, is a prototype fo This Agora, being a [[commons]], contains a minimum viable governance platform: a space for debate and group decision making coupled with individual exploration. -The Agora puts the user first -- although currently only those of some users :) It is currently relatively user unfriendly, being relatively early stage and a work in progress. Even at this early stage, it does put the user first in two key ways. +The Agora puts the user first -- although currently only those of some users :) It is currently relatively user unfriendly, being early stage and a work in progress. Even at this stage, it does put the user first in two key ways. First of all, it tries to make it easy to explore alternatives. The 'web results' bar that shows up just below the query tries to link out directly to as many useful sites as we can reasonably show to a visiting user. As of the time of writing Google is highlighted because I still believe it is the best search engine in the internet; and Marginalia is highlighted as a good (and distinct/quirkly fun) fully free/independent alternative. @@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ Third of all: after that, what we show is exactly what the users have literally *(...) more on what the Agora is and how I posit it is relevant to Googlers and other communities? (...)* + + ## Your Google, your Agora, might be better than this As I said earlier, I started writing this letter because nobody else seemed to have yet done so and I thought it was worth writing, apropos of the news and all things considered. Beyond the relative value of my positions contained here I would love it if it were to prompt others; to prompt people like you to write your own and do better, or just explore complementary ideas and approaches.