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You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago

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  • drkylara@sfba.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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    drkylara@sfba.social
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    #65

    @ocean
    Now someone please tell my students. They are shocked by what I can find on the internet that Google never showed them.

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    • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

      You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
      Turns out that was on purpose

      rexi@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
      rexi@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
      rexi@mastodon.social
      wrote on last edited by
      #66

      @ocean

      commercialized enshittification.
      marvy.

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      • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

        You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
        Turns out that was on purpose

        triptilt@mastoart.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
        triptilt@mastoart.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
        triptilt@mastoart.social
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        #67

        @ocean
        source?

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        • nidonemo@cyberfurz.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
          nidonemo@cyberfurz.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
          nidonemo@cyberfurz.social
          wrote on last edited by
          #68

          @ocean Disgusting.

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          • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

            You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
            Turns out that was on purpose

            soc@chaos.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
            soc@chaos.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
            soc@chaos.social
            wrote on last edited by
            #69

            @ocean I wonder how many human lives this has cost, if one tallies up all the time wasted across humanity.

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            • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

              You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
              Turns out that was on purpose

              lmgenealogy@mstdn.caL This user is from outside of this forum
              lmgenealogy@mstdn.caL This user is from outside of this forum
              lmgenealogy@mstdn.ca
              wrote on last edited by
              #70

              @ocean I never use Google search (or Google anything, if I can help it). There's a reason they dropped the 'don't be evil'.

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              • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                Turns out that was on purpose

                noplasticshower@infosec.exchangeN This user is from outside of this forum
                noplasticshower@infosec.exchangeN This user is from outside of this forum
                noplasticshower@infosec.exchange
                wrote on last edited by
                #71

                @ocean that is more like assholification than enshitification

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                • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                  You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                  Turns out that was on purpose

                  a_cubed@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
                  a_cubed@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
                  a_cubed@mastodon.social
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #72

                  @ocean @lrhodes
                  Paging @pluralistic

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                  • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                    You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                    Turns out that was on purpose

                    cattail@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
                    cattail@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
                    cattail@mastodon.social
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #73

                    @ocean I'm not surprised worse quality products affect usage. We see it with shrinkflation. I doubt people are dropping potato chips after they removed 5 chips

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                    • galamadryade@piaille.frG galamadryade@piaille.fr

                      @ocean That's why I now use duckduckgo. SO MUCH BETTER.

                      mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
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                      mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org
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                      #74

                      @Galamadryade @ocean that’s just Microsoft Bing in a trenchcoat.

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                      • mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org
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                        #75

                        @Erebus_Amauro @ocean hm, they regularily still visit mine… hmyeah but much less…

                        Is Seznam good? Their fulltextrobot also shows up.

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                        • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                          You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                          Turns out that was on purpose

                          alleyoop@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                          alleyoop@mastodon.social
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                          #76

                          @ocean Ugh. I am so fucking tired of being taken advantage of! 😡Aren't you?

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                          • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                            You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                            Turns out that was on purpose

                            das_blaue_pony@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
                            das_blaue_pony@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
                            das_blaue_pony@mastodon.social
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                            #77

                            @ocean 😡

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                            • khleedril@cyberplace.socialK khleedril@cyberplace.social

                              @itamarst @ocean That was back when Google pledged, and did, no evil. Since then they've told us they are going to be evil.

                              itamarst@hachyderm.ioI This user is from outside of this forum
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                              itamarst@hachyderm.io
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                              #78

                              @khleedril @ocean They started adding advertising pretty early on, honestly, I think it's just amusing (and sad) to see the path they went down.

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                              • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                                You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                                Turns out that was on purpose

                                ehay2k@mastodon.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
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                                ehay2k@mastodon.social
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                                #79

                                @ocean

                                Oh, @briankrebs

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                                • itamarst@hachyderm.ioI itamarst@hachyderm.io

                                  @ocean As predicted by Brin and Page: "we expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of the consumers." (The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, 1998 - http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html)

                                  aarbrk@mstdn.mxA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  aarbrk@mstdn.mx
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                                  #80

                                  @itamarst @ocean Great catch with this source! If only we had spent the interim setting up an alternative in the public interest. (Actually, is it too late?)

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                                  • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                                    You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                                    Turns out that was on purpose

                                    wampusmm@beige.partyW This user is from outside of this forum
                                    wampusmm@beige.partyW This user is from outside of this forum
                                    wampusmm@beige.party
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #81

                                    @ocean Wow, that’s despicable.

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                                    • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                                      You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
                                      Turns out that was on purpose

                                      sheamuspatt@mstdn.caS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      sheamuspatt@mstdn.ca
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #82

                                      @ocean
                                      Classic #enshittification, as noted by @pluralistic

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                                      Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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                                      (pluralistic.net)

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                                      • terrorbite@meow.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        terrorbite@meow.social
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                                        #83

                                        @aetios now that it's proven true, you have to find a new conspiracy theory. Sorry, I don't make the rules

                                        @ocean

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                                        • ocean@raru.reO ocean@raru.re

                                          @aetios Because Google is so synonymous with web search for Normies and they don't have any actual competition they can just do whatever and they won't lose users, knowing that, it just makes sense to keep users on your site longer and thus get served more ads

                                          catswhocode@twoot.siteC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          catswhocode@twoot.site
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                                          #84

                                          @ocean not surprising.
                                          Thankfully I rarely use them! @aetios

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