• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    I called this shit out like a year ago. It’s the end of any viable online searching having much truth to it. All we’ll have left is youtube videos from project farm to trust.

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      6 months ago

      It kinda seems like the end of the Google era. What will we search Google for when the results are all crap? This is the death gasps of the internet I/we grew up with.

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        6 months ago

        Maybe web rings of the 90s were not such a bad idea! Let’s bring 'em back!

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        6 months ago

        Remember when you could type a vague plot of a film you’d heard about into Google and it’d be the first result?

        Nah doesn’t work anymore

        Saw a trailer for a french film so I searched “french film 2024 boys live in woods seven years”

        Google - 2024 BEST FRENCH FILMS/TOP TEN FRENCH FILMS YOU MUST SEE THIS YEAR/ALL TIME BEST FRENCH MOVIES

        Absolute fucking gash

        I’ve not been too impressed with Kagi search, but at least the top result there was “Frères 2024”

    • BurningnnTree@lemmy.one
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      6 months ago

      I ran into this issue while researching standing desks recently. There are very few places on the internet where you can find verifiably human-written comparisons between standing desk brands. Comments on Reddit all seem to be written by bots or people affiliated with the brands. Luckily I managed to find a YouTube reviewer who did some real comparisons.