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@anders There would need to be a way for that search engine to collect data that is both possible to contribute to as an individual, and doesn't unintentionally DDoS sites it indexes, and that's the challenge I think. Spiders collect a LOT of data. Right now the closest thing we have to decentralized search, is metasearch engines like Searx, which query and cache results from all the major search providers that run their own spiders.
The bigger issue is consent. People on fediverse feel very strongly about consent, and search engines tend to just ignore it. Better do some serious research into consent to search on fedi before embarking on designing a search engine for fedi.
@rysiek I don't think Anders is asking about a search engine for the fediverse, this sounds more like a federated or P2P Google/DuckDuckGo replacement.
Ah I might have misunderstood, sorry.