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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
11 weeks ago

Central

Do you find that your internet searches' results are the same better or worse than in time gone by?

Bad searching practices obviously give poor results but I view search results as having gone downhill

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By *heBigLibowskiMan
11 weeks ago

Hampshire

The internet is dire these days - too much utter dross and clickbait crap.

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
11 weeks ago

Central


"The internet is dire these days - too much utter dross and clickbait crap."

Certainly the search results are plagued that way

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By *naswingdressWoman
11 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Search results have deteriorated. Google are an ad company, so keeping our eyes on their ads for longer makes them more money.

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By *hrill CollinsMan
11 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

i find it depends what's being searched for and what search engine is used

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By *ustamanMan
11 weeks ago

weymouth

Mine are ok, but they're often very specific so the hits are useful. The ads appear later

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By *ackformore100Man
11 weeks ago

Tin town


"Do you find that your internet searches' results are the same better or worse than in time gone by?

Bad searching practices obviously give poor results but I view search results as having gone downhill "

Not sure my ability to use search criteria has changed very much over the years. Could be wrong but doubt it. But no doubt over the years, gradually at first but noticeably more so in the last 2 or 3 years. Google serves me up more shite I have no interest in than ever. Of course it's putting sponsored results and money making at the top of the tree and also, I don't doubt the volume of content probably doubles every year. And the content providers are mostly not as disciplined as 20 years ago either. But no doubting it's harder to get to the stuff I want now than it was 5 years ago.

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By *ackformore100Man
11 weeks ago

Tin town


"Search results have deteriorated. Google are an ad company, so keeping our eyes on their ads for longer makes them more money."

Exactly this

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By *naswingdressWoman
11 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Relevant: article by Ed Zitron at Where's your Ed At called "The Man Who Killed Google Search", April 23 2024

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By *hrill CollinsMan
11 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

everything cyber has degraded ..... it's called enshittification (it is really a word, look it up).

the fact that enshittification (of the internet, tech platforms etc) is now comming for absolutely everything, has created a new word .... enshittocene.

https://www.ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4a8c-bac0-047b7d64aba5

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By *electableicecreamMan
11 weeks ago

The West

I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

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By *ansoffateMan
11 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Whatever product or service that is currently being marketed strongly that vaguely relates to the search I made.

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By *naswingdressWoman
11 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit."

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information.

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By *hrill CollinsMan
11 weeks ago

The Outer Rim


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information. "

yep, the AI pivot by BigTech is a desperate attempt to clamber out of the fourth stage of enshittification

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By *ackformore100Man
11 weeks ago

Tin town


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information. "

Isn't AI just being put in front of words now in the same way as "e" was out in front of words in the 90s to make it seem more revolutionary than it really is?

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By *naswingdressWoman
11 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

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By *naswingdressWoman
11 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information.

Isn't AI just being put in front of words now in the same way as "e" was out in front of words in the 90s to make it seem more revolutionary than it really is? "

Yeah. And the new dot com bubble burst is coming. Goldman Sachs has put a paper out saying that AI is really not that great.

It's fancy predictive text.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Stockport


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information. "

The big problem with all current AI is that it's certainly artificial, but there's no way that it's intelligent.

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By *heBigLibowskiMan
11 weeks ago

Hampshire


"I usually use ChatGPT or Gemini when I'm searching for information now.

If I'm looking for a product review I'll use Google to search Reddit.

I find so-called artificial intelligence to be a terrible source of information.

Isn't AI just being put in front of words now in the same way as "e" was out in front of words in the 90s to make it seem more revolutionary than it really is?

Yeah. And the new dot com bubble burst is coming. Goldman Sachs has put a paper out saying that AI is really not that great.

It's fancy predictive text."

AI is absolutely insane - ChatGPT and the like are just the tip of the iceberg.

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
10 weeks ago

Central


"everything cyber has degraded ..... it's called enshittification (it is really a word, look it up).

the fact that enshittification (of the internet, tech platforms etc) is now comming for absolutely everything, has created a new word .... enshittocene.

https://www.ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4a8c-bac0-047b7d64aba5"

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enshittocene

I like the sound of that. Is it the era that we're now in? It could sum it up very nicely

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By *ominanTeeMan
10 weeks ago

Sligo

There's a lot more seo work going on and obviously it's now being populated with directed marketing more so etc, search using a metasearch and learn how to create better formed queries when you do....

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