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I personally don't approve of search. It's too easy to be picked out for harassment.

Extra context: we disable search engines on awoo.space that respect robots.txt

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@vahnj what is the legitimate use of search that people want it for so badly?

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@Fuego the only thing i can think of is growth/adaptation at any cost

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@vahnj @Fuego "Growth for growth's sake is the ecology of the cancer cell" is an phrase I learned when studying socialist economics and, amusingly, convention politics. It's a lesson in knowing your audience and understanding whether you're serving it. We're never going to be all things to all people, and "bigger audience" is not the only measure of improvement. I'd rather we figure out our success metrics and then determine if search -- or any feature -- builds towards them.

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@theoutrider I saw! very happy about that

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