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reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 2 days agoThe only problem back then was discovery. Finding the site that could give you what you were looking for wasn’t always easy, then Google came around and not only was it lightning fast, but it actually found things so much easier than Ask Jeeves, msn, AOL or Yahoo.
Then it slowly morphed into the mess we get now from there. AI seems to be making it much worse, not better.
I searched verbatim for something niche and uniquely named the other day. The smaller sites I use to avoid the big tech couldn’t find it, and Google was 3 pages of ads, AI crap and competitors. The site was on page 4.
Ugh.
its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 2 days ago
That’s a really great perspective. Google is unusable now, I concur. I tried looking up a guide for Nova Roma (sorta like a classic Sierra Caesar game) water management, and my Buddha it was pages of AI guides, ads, and slop from the same three sources. I give up.
breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Try adding “before:2023” to your google searches. Should prevent AI slop in the results.
its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I do for everything. Alas…new video games :-(. Going to need to go back to ye olde strategy guides. Which, reminds me. I used to own the TIE Fighter series for PC back in the…gosh…mid 90s? The strategy guide had an entire storyline woven into it from the “main characters” perspective. Super cool.
breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
Yea, I get what you mean.
Old guides for games where super cool! I remember getting a thick binder with photo copies from a friend :)
Passed it on to another friend, when I had finished the game.