That's a good question and one I don't have an answer for. I guess Google's search is fast and easy to implement so they used that until something better was made.
Let's hope one day duckduckgo come up with a way that their service can be used in websites like this. Maybe I'm to paranoid for my own good but in general I don't like my search queries catalogued
I'm simply looking for some discussion and engagement. That is what this platform was intended for, so that is what I'm trying to encourage here. As people become used to adding something of value, the platform itself evolves into a better place.
Can you tell me how you feel about the new rules? How about the idea of the rising reward?
Sorry for the first comment been bare. Sometimes I only sneakily check steemit when I'm at work
Other times I'm just browsing on the phone. Sometimes I wish the mobile website ran smoother, more than likely just my phone though. Enough of that.
I don't know how to contribute to good articles, maybe I'll ask another noob question sure....
Why is steemit's search bar powered by Google and not powered by something a little more private like duckduckgo.com?
Call me paranoid but I guess a search engine that is, in my opinion anyway , more trustworthy than Google would be a little nicer to have.
That's just something I've wondered about to many times ever since I joined this site.
That's a good question and one I don't have an answer for. I guess Google's search is fast and easy to implement so they used that until something better was made.
Let's hope one day duckduckgo come up with a way that their service can be used in websites like this. Maybe I'm to paranoid for my own good but in general I don't like my search queries catalogued
Also I hope that question was satisfactory enough in accordance to your new rules.
I'm simply looking for some discussion and engagement. That is what this platform was intended for, so that is what I'm trying to encourage here. As people become used to adding something of value, the platform itself evolves into a better place.