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Apify Store search results biased by user authentication

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A developer discovered that their AI agent's search results on the Apify Store were significantly skewed when authenticated with a personal token. When searching anonymously, the developer's own 'Actors' (tools or applications) did not appear in the top results, despite being highly ranked when the search was performed with authentication. This discrepancy was traced to a query parameter that filters out actors from developers who haven't passed KYC or those without a large user base, indicating a potential bias in how the Apify Store surfaces its content. AI

IMPACT Reveals potential biases in AI agent search result surfacing, impacting discoverability of tools.

RANK_REASON The item details a specific functional behavior of a platform's search feature, not a new product release or major company announcement.

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Apify Store search results biased by user authentication

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Ai-Q Labs ·

    My Actor ranked #1 in an agent's search. No one else's agent could see it at all.

    <h1> My Actor ranked #1 in an agent's search. No one else's agent could see it at all. </h1> <p>Four days ago I published a number I was pleased with. I had measured how often an AI agent finds one of my 23 Actors when it searches the <a href="https://apify.com/store" rel="noopen…

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