The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth.

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@everton137 He's not alone. @allaboutberlin
It happens to all websites, to podcasts, to books in online shops since years, because they become more and more invisible in search. And even before Google's new plans we have the AI-slop scam websites, copied websites, stolen identities, #AIslop fake books.

We urgently need regulations! I can't imagine that what Google plans would be legal in the EU. Our politicians sleep ...

#enshittification #OpenWeb #search

[cyberpunker@mastodon.social]

@NatureMC I think to wait for the politicians to act would be a mistake. We should start to poison their LLMs on a large scale.

@everton137 @allaboutberlin

[svelmoe@hachyderm.io]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin It's definitely going to be an "experience", what happens in a few years when most people stop making content.

Will we (consumers) even notice if slop is training slop?
Or will we see start seeing a pushback from normal folk against the AI-hypers?

I cannot even see any benefit to try and create a "new", human based/link directory network again (like the old web), because [they] will just scan that and destroy it as well, unless it really becomes popular and consumers have left the bad actors entirely behind.
E.g. no-google.

Real physical books could be a thing again, but they'll scan them and again, unless consumers have left the services, we're back to square one.

It does look bleak, very bleak, and I struggle finding any sort of light in the dark.

[ayl@mastodon.social]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin We need a reversion to link circles (can’t remember what they’re called) before search existed. People just including other sites to visit at the bottom of their pages.

[steve@social.coop]

@ayl @everton137 @allaboutberlin Webrings. They didn't last all that long, but we could revisit the idea.

[ayl@mastodon.social]

@Steve @everton137 @allaboutberlin I feel like in combination with repurposed phones and PCs for servers it’s like building an alternative infrastructure to the search dependent ones

[steve@social.coop]

@ayl @everton137 @allaboutberlin There are two ways to find information: searching and browsing. Browsing used to be the default, which is why web programs are called "browsers." I miss those days, and would be happy to have them back. The one big site that's still browsing-friendly is Wikipedia.

[brad@1040ste.net]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin and another earlier today - the overfishing dude https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/111991376150442267

[retreival9096@hachyderm.io]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin

First result on noai.DuckDuckGo:

All About Berlin
Find out how to move to Berlin, start a business, or get professional help. All About Berlin offers practical and comprehensive guides for various aspects of living in Berlin.

Move to Berlin

This guide shows you how to relocate to Berlin. It covers finding a job in Berlin, getting a residence permit, finding an apartment, and more.
Find a job

This guide shows you how to get a job in Germany, from the job search to your first day at work.
Start a business

A detailed guide to all the rules you must follow when starting a business in Germany, from registering as a freelancer to paying your taxes.
An apartment

This guide helps you find an apartment for rent in Berlin. It explains everything from the housing search to moving in.
An Anmeldung

This guide explains how to do your Anmeldung in Berlin. This is how you register your address, and how you get a Meldebescheinigung and a tax ID.
A bank account

This guide compares the best bank accounts for foreigners. It reviews the features, fees and requirements of each bank.

[koen_hufkens@mastodon.social]

@svelmoe @everton137 @allaboutberlin You forgot the part where they made everyone invested through their big IPOs, making everyone a bag holder - ready for the rug pull - while they run away laughing when the economy turns. And then, instead of having them go bust, we must bail them out - let people lose their retirements etc. But, enjoy the weekend.

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin Sooo.... when Google AI kills all the web.... the fuck the AI going to pull answers from?

[beandev@social.tchncs.de]

@everton137
Google is shooting itself in the foot. For one thing, no tracking or ad impressions are generated on websites. Additionaly, other search engines will likely start to gain ground.
@allaboutberlin

[ginevracat@toot.community]

@everton137 @malachy @allaboutberlin Instantly bookmarking the site.

[everton137@social.vivaldi.net]

@brad @allaboutberlin thanks for sharing.

[ooze@wirejunkie.net]

@ayl @everton137 @allaboutberlin webrings. They still exist.

[made@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin just subscribed to RSS
Didnt know about the sitr. Pretty nice

[decoderwheel@hachyderm.io]

@everton137 @allaboutberlin Thing is, I would be prepared to bet it's _not_ being trained on their site specifically. I bet it's a generically trained LLM that is live querying Google's cache of their website and "summarising" it (and other related content). In other words, it would bypass the debate about training and copyright. It could be incontrovertibly live copyright infringement.

[scottishwildcat@mastodon.ie]

@CyberPunker @NatureMC @everton137 @allaboutberlin How do you do that without poisoning the sources you’re trying to preserve?

[alci@pouet.chapril.org]

@beandev @everton137 @allaboutberlin seems for tracking Google has a plan: they already own a large part of our mails, documents, phones,...

[cyberpunker@mastodon.social]

@scottishwildcat
Trying to identify the AI Scraper and serve them other content than humans.
There are projects to do something like that, if i am not mistaken.

@NatureMC @everton137 @allaboutberlin