I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure we could run internet search as a public service as an extension of library services. 🤔
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(Yeah, I know it would become a political thing with certain dipsticks tryin' to police whether people have access to knowledge about their own bodies and minds or whether queer folks exist or whether slavery is bad and the people who practiced it were not the nicest folks ever, but we can't avoid those dipsticks. We just have to defeat them as best we can.)
I think it would be interesting to explore the possibilities of having a network of local search hubs via our various library systems. There doesn't have to be a single search service, or to put it another way, let local communities decide how to best tailor their search for themselves instead of relying on a handful of wealthy people with dubious motives using non-union employees deciding for us.
@cstanhope “let local communities decide how to best tailor their search for themselves”
Ugh no!
It’s hard enough for libraries to get queer books. Do you really think that The Community busybodies and conservative Christians wouldn’t censor the crap out of them?
No, tailoring.
@masukomi When I said tailoring, I Was thinking about surfacing local services, businesses, events, clubs, classes, etc. So including things and emphasizing things local to the communities. Things that, in my experience, have not been well served by the centralized search engines despite them trying very hard to know where I am at all times.
But I do fear conservative busy bodies and their ilk interfering with the results people see, and if they are unstoppable, then maybe this idea won't work.
