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

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

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1211·
    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.

    • villainy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      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…

      • LifeOfChance@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        As someone who hobby hops I’ve had to just accept reddit is just not a viable option anymore. I’ve been using YouTube (revanced) to learn and get tips. I miss the interactions with people though…

      • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1015·
        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.

        • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
          23·
          2 months ago

          Nah, people should be able to take back what they said. No humans in all of history had to account for every thing thing they ever said. Better to let the past be forgotten. Can that be abused? Sure. But I think there’s value in letting people realize what they said was bad and take it down.

          • Halosheep@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I think there’s a happy middle ground where deletion just disassociates the comment with you. It will show (deleted) or something but the original text remains.

            Maybe there should be exclusions for personal or identifying information in such a system.

            • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              text can easily be traced back to its original writer nowadays using AI statistical analysis. especially on internet forums where people are not necessarily worrying about grammar and accuracy.

          • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            21·
            2 months ago

            Better to acknowledge it in a response. I prefer to do that myself if I’m wrong or something of that nature, post a reply acknowledging instead of trying to cover up that I was ever wrong in the first place.

            • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
              3·
              2 months ago

              I agree with you, and I never delete what I post unless it was straight-up a glitch or a typo or something. But, I still think other people should have that option if they want it.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      29·
      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.worksEnglish
        2·
        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).

        • Halosheep@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          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.

      • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        Haha wtf are you saying Lemmy is now like what reddit was in 2016 and by the end of next year it will be like reddit is now.

        Same reason for the downfall too: Activist mods and hands-off admins that don’t care if their mods harass.

        Only a matter of time

        • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          Lemmy needs people with a wider range of expertise and interests. Right now it’s more niche than reddit c.2010

        • ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          This is patently untrue. I want Lemmy to be successful as much as any other user on here but reddit had 150-200 million MAU in 2016. Lemmy is being recorded as a generous 2 million.