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DannoHung | karma 4805 | avg karma 2.94 · 2010-11-27 19:53:41

Google used to have this thing where you could promote and demote search results. They got rid of it. I never understood why.

Ideally, Google's search results would include up votes/down votes like reddit along with comments on the page.

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j_baker | karma 14990 | avg karma 4.45 · 2010-11-28 02:03:17+00:00

You can still star results (which does the same as upvoting them). As far as I know, the only thing this has ever affected was your own search results.

egypturnash | karma 14765 | avg karma 3.39 · 2010-11-28 02:09:30+00:00

Oooh, I can spend a few bucks on mechanicalturk (or some botnet cycles) to promote my shady site to the top of search results. Sweet!

DannoHung | karma 4805 | avg karma 2.94 · 2010-11-28 09:12:39+00:00

Simple solution: only track those google accounts with cell phone numbers on file

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · 2010-11-28 23:55:55+00:00

Why do you think that mturkers can't claim they have cellphones?