It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It's much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it's good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it's easy too Google something (well, it isn't nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it's always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

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[–] Mikina@programming.dev 22 points 6 months ago (17 children)

I've never had issues with looking anything up. By downranking Reddit and using a search engine with a good indexer that downranks bullshit and generated websites, which mine is really good at, I haven't noticed much change from how it was before.

But I agree with the second part. That's something that never occured to me, and it makes sense. I was usually trying to answer questions I knew, and never had the urge to reply "just google it", so it doesn't change much for me, but it's a really good point I never realized.

[+] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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[–] Mikina@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Kagi, but as of right now I'm not sure if I can recommend it. The last year with it was amazing, but for the past few days I've been getting blocked searches from my VPN out of nowhere. That would be a dealbreaker for me, but I hope it was just a mistake and they will fix it. It's the first time it has happened in the year or so I've been using it.

Apparently, they are also adding a bunch of AI features, but I only noticed it when I was looking up the feature page, and I haven't noticed any of it in my feed before that - so I guess they don't push it on users and it's optional somewhere out of the way, so don't let that discourage you. (Though, it would've discouraged me, if I saw that before I started using it. But as of now it doesn't affect you unless you look for it, I guess)

Other than that, the search is awesome. But since I'm using it exclusively for like a year, I can't really compare it with other engines, it's possible that I'm just used to it.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t noticed any of it in my feed before that - so I guess they don’t push it on users and it’s optional somewhere out of the way

That's a bold assumption.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

What I mean by that is that it doesn't shove the AI summaries into your face, and they are only generated if you actually click on a different tab.

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