DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    To be fair, Reddit is no longer that good of a source for answers in the later years.

    Quality drop in comments is insane. Sometimes it looks like Quora.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I was looking for Bluetooth speakers recommendations and it’s the first time I really noticed “generic bot replies” like “I’ve got this great product to recommend, not only is it good but it offers great sound quality as well! The product is [link to Amazon page]”

      Gotta start searching using “before:” to get quality results…

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I’m seeing bots promoted and sold to generate those kinds of replies, RIP internet, looking forward to SSN/DNA+background check review verification (I kid but I half dream of that privacy nightmare partially plugging the review fraud hole).

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          2 months ago

          I’m with you on embracing the privacy nightmare to kill off cheaters in games. Tie an account to a real identity and that problem will quickly reduce.

    • villainy@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Also my collection of hobbies seems to match up well with the people who nuked their post history after the API-ocalypse. Even when I get good search results I click through and… so many deleted comments…

      • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        It irritates me that so many forums and media sites allow you to edit your posts at will. There’s one site I go to that I like very much - it has a 5 minute edit window, and after that, your post can no longer be edited. You can’t change what you said, pretend you never said things, etc, once you say something it remains. It would be nice if more sites were like that. Or at least, if you edit/delete something, for there to be an option to check the history to see what it used to be, so if you try to delete some comment you made people can still check it. Whether it’s informational, or it’s because you’re trying to hide something you said that you realize was actually super shitty and people are getting angry at you for it, I prefer things to stick.