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    • Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
  3. 🧬 Keep it Real

    • Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.
  4. πŸ“½οΈ Credit Where Credit is Due

    • Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
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The following artists are banned from the community.

  1. Jago
  2. Stonetoss
  3. GPrime85

It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.

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When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:

Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50489162

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[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 41 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

So my strategy is using https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ as search engine. I have installed the uBlacklist add on, this let's me block out websites completely on the internet with a single click in my search results. So whenever I search a topic and end up on one of those websites that are fully LLM-generated I hit that button.

I will only help very shorty until the whole internet is eaten up by LLMs, but it gives me a feeling of control.

[–] titty_wizard@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Solidarity!!

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

Another extension to add to my collection.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah I use that.

[–] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ecosia:

Requires to be logged in though.

[–] morto@piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago

Requires to be logged in though.

ouch

[–] stankcheez@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

haven’t used Google’s search engine for a long time, but a quick test seems that appending -ai to your search still returns results without the AI overview at the top of the page

the results are still loaded with trash and ads, though, and this won’t work if you’re searching via voice on your phone

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://kagi.com/

it is paid. if you pay, you are a customer. if you get it "for free", you are the merchandise that is being sold and the merchandise is not really expected to complain.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm not casting aspersions on kagi, I've heard nothing but good things about them, but I don't agree with the idea that paying means you're not the merchandise. Once a company gets greedy enough, with few enough competitors, you'll be both the customer and the merchandise.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I'm getting as much use out of them as I can before they become terrible.

I've heard nothing but good things about them

Here's a negative then: AI summaries are on all tiers. That means you're paying/subsidizing them, even if you don't use them.

If they offered tiers without AI summaries (with a lower price due to the loss of a so-called "feature") then we can talk

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Once a company gets greedy enough

once a thing happens, you reevaluate and choose the best decision at that time, that is how life works. i am talking about today πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] morto@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Recent history shows that people are realy terrible at reavaluating their choices when companies go deep into enshitification.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

wtf is this discussion?

  • hey, i have problem with shitty service x
  • you may want to try service y, because it is not shitty
  • but the service y may become shitty in the future and i will for some strange reason not be able to leave, here is my phony outrage!
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 4 days ago

Throughout all of human history we've had an incredible amount of inertia against change.

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If anything on any page bothers you this much, just install a custom CSS extension on pretty much any browser and remove the element

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the Google app ("hey Google" wake word) that is being used here, can't add/use extensions.

Learn more fun facts at doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyoudotnotfunfacts.org

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Interesting choice