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Kagi HQ<p>This March, we're excited to feature community-created versions of our beloved Doggo on the Kagi search homepage. </p><p>Submissions are still open and we'd love for you to participate! </p><p>Details: <a href="https://form.jotform.com/250303185469053" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">form.jotform.com/2503031854690</span><span class="invisible">53</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
pink<p>Let's be honest, there is no <a href="https://gotosocial.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> feature in <a href="https://gotosocial.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> (<a href="https://gotosocial.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>)...<br><br>The absence of a full-text search feature in Mastodon and the broader Fediverse is a multifaceted issue with both intentional design choices and practical challenges.<br><br>New users may struggle to find relevant content or communities, hindering engagement and adoption. This contrasts sharply with centralized platforms like Twitter, where search drives content virality.<br><br>So Users have to manually tag posts (#) for discoverability, which can feel burdensome but fosters organized, topic-focused discussions.<br><br>My thoughts...<br><br>Opt-In Search???<br><br>Instances could allow users to index their content for cross-server discovery, respecting decentralization while improving usability...<br><br><br>Decentralized indexing protocol???<br><br><br><br><br><br></p>
Comics and Jokes @ Lucentinian Works Co Ltd<p>New entry of AI-generated <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> and <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jokes</span></a> added to our <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a>'s <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Rival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rival</span></a></p><p><a href="https://comics.lucentinian.com/4521" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">comics.lucentinian.com/4521</a><br><a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=ComedyGold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComedyGold</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=LaughWithAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaughWithAI</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=FunnyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=AIComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIComedy</span></a></p>
The PeARS Project<p>Desperately trying to follow the latest insanity in the world of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>? Sharing links quicker than your fingers can Ctrl+V? You can help our <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> Web <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> engine grow the index of its very first instance. Head over to <a href="https://ai-pears.org/indexer/suggest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ai-pears.org/indexer/suggest</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and share the URLs that matter.</p><p>PeARS is a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/curated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curated</span></a> search engine. Each instance is dedicated to a particular topic and we encourage human-vetted content. <a href="https://ai-pears.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ai-pears.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is focused on critiques of AI and Big Tech.</p><p>🙏 🍐</p>
Ian Brown<p>My notes on yesterday’s two <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> events at the European Parliament, on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> and connected devices 🚀 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interoperability</span></a>: <a href="https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fdid%3Aplc%3A6p4zeffd6u6dk6m7exehwyfl%2Fpost%2F3liginsp3yh2g&amp;viewtype=unroll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2</span><span class="invisible">F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fdid%3Aplc%3A6p4zeffd6u6dk6m7exehwyfl%2Fpost%2F3liginsp3yh2g&amp;viewtype=unroll</span></a></p>
that guy<p>Is there a way to configure DuckDuckGo to NOT show search results from Amazon?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a></p>
Kagi HQ<p>Thrilled to share that Kagi has reached 40,000 members! 🚀</p><p>Thank you to each and every one of you for believing in a better, more private, and ad-free search experience. Your support fuels our mission every day. Here's to the next milestone! 🙌</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Hit new slatest<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grok3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok3</span></a>, Elon Musk’s latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, redefines intelligence with advanced reasoning, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a>, and unmatched <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a>. Discover its groundbreaking features!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligenceartificielle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligenceartificielle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.hitnewslatest.com/2025/02/elon-musk-unveils-grok3-smartest-ai-on.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hitnewslatest.com/2025/02/elon</span><span class="invisible">-musk-unveils-grok3-smartest-ai-on.html</span></a></p>
Karsten Schmidt<p>YAY! I FOUND IT AGAIN! (Thanks to Regine Debatty's longstanding We Make Money Not Art™ blog ❤️)! This absolute beauty of a project was called:</p><p>"sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!"<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlhKaxcKpA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eRlhKaxcKp</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://we-make-money-not-art.com/copyright_infri/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">we-make-money-not-art.com/copy</span><span class="invisible">right_infri/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Installation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Installation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/FFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/NearestNeighbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NearestNeighbor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Karsten Schmidt<p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/LazyWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LazyWeb</span></a> request: Searching for a classic video about an interactive art installation (pre 2010) in which recorded audio (via microphone) is reconstructed via thousands/millions(?) of short samples (grains) of a large corpus of pop music videos. The video was quite humorous and featured Michael Jackson and a great explanation (incl. Matrix "bullet time" moves) of how the (Shazam-like) mapping &amp; matching of audio spectra works (via performing n-dimensional shortest distance searches for each time slice/spectrum to select the most similar sample). German artist, but seemingly unfindable these days...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Installation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Installation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/FFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/NearestNeighbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NearestNeighbor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosia</span></a> declares independent <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> indices a "critical infrastructure for our <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>" and asks for more public funding.</p><p>Sounds right to me.</p>
MottG<p>search engine with links to many duckduckbang operators - in effect having hundreds of search facets available including quite a few for different aspects of the Wikipedia universe and academic searches.</p><p><a href="https://mosermichael.github.io/duckduckbang/html/main.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mosermichael.github.io/duckduc</span><span class="invisible">kbang/html/main.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/duckduckbang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckbang</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p>I know there have been some newcomers to the usual suspects of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngines</span></a> lately. Is there a good roundup of who they are, what they're good at?</p><p>I've got a few bookmarked, but those bookmarks are buried somewhere, lol.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> is ok but would like some other non-Google options.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
OpenSearch Project<p>During last week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSearch</span></a> Community Meeting, Eric Pugh of OpenSource Connections <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@o19s" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>o19s</span></a></span> walked us through the '<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> Quality Evaluation Framework'<br>📹 Watch now: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTtdubhrP1Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gTtdubhrP1</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
🌹🔪Big Tuff Al🌹💪<p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> is serving <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> slop results over everything else now</p><p>not AI generated answers</p><p>the sites it is returning are slop content</p><p>i can't stand what how <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> has fallen apart in the 20's, it's so sad and stupid </p><p>capitalists destroy everything</p>
Kagi HQ<p>"While Google is still the most powerful search engine, a quiet shift is happening. Kagi, a challenger with a completely different approach, is proving that search can be reimagined — not for advertisers, but for users."</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@ileniavidili/the-fallacy-of-market-dominance-how-kagi-challenges-google-by-putting-users-first-e8519d61332d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@ileniavidili/the-f</span><span class="invisible">allacy-of-market-dominance-how-kagi-challenges-google-by-putting-users-first-e8519d61332d</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a></p>
The Linux Foundation<p>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@OpenSearchProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenSearchProject</span></a></span> just launched OpenSearch 2.19! </p><p>🚀Smarter search, AI-powered upgrades &amp; major storage savings: 60% less storage for vectors, 90% lower memory use with Lucene binary vectors, &amp; better hybrid search. <br>Read the blog to explore more! </p><p>🔗<a href="https://opensearch.org/blog/explore-OpenSearch-2-19/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opensearch.org/blog/explore-Op</span><span class="invisible">enSearch-2-19/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/OpenSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSearch</span></a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞<p>If you get all your information "online" from corporate sources and "AI" chatbots THEN WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THEY ARE LYING TO YOU ON PURPOSE?</p><p>A source is only as trustworthy as its owner.</p><p>Think about it.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
Will Scott<p>Leading the charge is ChatGPT, which has captured an impressive 59.5% of the AI search market.</p><p>Read more 👉 <a href="https://lttr.ai/Abeu1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lttr.ai/Abeu1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Fabian (Bocchi) 🏳️‍🌈<p>Another missing feature of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> : find people by searching for their websites. If I link and verify my website, I should appear if someone searches for [parts of] it.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>