Hacker News: gtfiorentino

New comment by gtfiorentino in "When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines"

gtfiorentino — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:19:21 +0000

Hi - I work on search at DuckDuckGo. Do you mind sharing a bit more detail about this issue? What steps would allow us to reproduce what you're seeing?

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results"

gtfiorentino — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:29:56 +0000

Got it, that's good to know, thanks! I've added the domains in the AI spam / low effort section to our list of user reports for review.

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results"

gtfiorentino — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:44:09 +0000

Hi @popcar2 — how are you sourcing the domains for the blocklist? We'd like to evaluate those domains and consider whether they should be removed from DuckDuckGo as spam. You can also report a site directly in the search results by clicking the three-dot menu next to the link and selecting "Share Feedback about this Site".

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Show HN: We built the simplest Online Unit Converter for everyday use"

gtfiorentino — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:54:27 +0000

Hi - do you have an example query showing this issue? I just tried "45 lb to kg" on DuckDuckGo and it's working as I would expect (45 Pounds = 20.41166 Kilograms).

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Google made me ruin a perfectly good website (2023)"

gtfiorentino — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:27:48 +0000

Got it, thanks for the follow-up, and for your support! It should be pretty rare that you would see no organic content above the fold. But we'd like to take a closer look, and if you have any particular queries where the ads are surprisingly tall, it would be useful to know.

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Google made me ruin a perfectly good website (2023)"

gtfiorentino — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 11:49:17 +0000

Hi, I work at DuckDuckGo - thanks for the feedback. Nothing much has changed in the past few weeks on our side, and so would love some more info so we can investigate. Do you mind sharing what country you are searching from, and whether you noticed on desktop or mobile? Also just FYI — you can turn ads off completely in settings if you want.

New comment by gtfiorentino in "DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro"

gtfiorentino — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:51:52 +0000

DuckDuckGo team member here - Personal Information Removal fully automates the process of opting out from data broker sites, all from your device. So you don't need to contact companies yourself. More about how that works at https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy-pro/per...

New comment by gtfiorentino in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)"

gtfiorentino — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:01:29 +0000

Sidecar | Senior Site Reliability Engineer | Philadelphia, PA, US | ONSITE https://hello.getsidecar.com/

Sidecar builds tools to help retailers tackle the challenges they face in e-commerce advertising channels - primarily Google Shopping, Bing Shopping, and Facebook dynamic ads. These channels are changing every day and have become too complex and competitive to manage manually or with outdated technologies. Retailers require automated, sophisticated, and ever-evolving technology to stay ahead.

Our Site Reliability team is critical to the successful delivery of Sidecar’s technology services to our customers. Site Reliability serves two primary functions: support of our production systems, and ongoing improvement of delivery practices. As a senior member of the team, you’ll be actively engaging with stakeholders across the business to ensure satisfaction with our technology services.

For more information and to apply, please visit https://sidecar-orspartners.icims.com/jobs/4117/senior-site-... or contact greg@getsidecar.com. Thanks!