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Don't reply "just Google it" (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sith@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago

Or scrambled all of their posts after APIgate (or whatever we're calling it). Perhaps they came here, which means OP is right in saying we can be a new source of useful answers.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure if Lemmy or other Fediverse posts even get indexed by any of the search engines. I've yet to see any in a search result.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

They absolutely do. Not only Lemmy posts in general, but I have found my own content completely unintentionally on searches several times.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

I guess it's a matter of lack of good posts that could become the desired search result then. Time will tell if we ever get to that point.

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 20 hours ago

The way that all the copies of the content link to the original post should be some kind of SEO hack. I wonder if it's triggering specific rules in search engines that detect it and downrank it as cheating.