DDG only recommending older Reddit answers as a result of the Google deal may be a net positive for it then.
Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers
Submitted 3 weeks ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to technology@beehaw.org
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Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
OneRedFox@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Occasionally when I’m searching for something, I’ll check out some Reddit links and honestly it’s a crapshoot as to whether half of the comments have been deleted or not. Useful search results are getting to be a pain to come by.
averyminya@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
It is rough isn’t it? It used to be that you’d get the forum style answer, now most of the people who wrote those deleted their accounts.
Pre-2019 searches that resulted in deleted comments happened, but rarely. Post Exodus it is now very flippant on the results you’ll get.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Maybe those comments are still up in Internet Archive.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
people often turn to the Reddit hack to make Google results more helpful. By adding "site:reddit.com” to search results
HACKERMAN
bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
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megopie@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
you know what’s funny to me, that when large organizations manipulate the apparent consensus on Reddit about a topic, that’s “clever marketing” and “innovative campaign techniques”.
When a bunch of random people collectively organize to do it suddenly it’s a “dangerous”
misk@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’m convinced that media that keep saying this are in cahoots with advertisers who have noticed this ages ago and have astroturfed Reddit beyond being reliable source of information long time ago.
OneRedFox@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s really weird that people keep acting like Reddit hasn’t been astroturfed to shit for years at this point. I wouldn’t trust the product reviews I see there.
millie@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
What I find not only strange, but extremely suspect, is that people who acknowledge that reddit has been heavily astroturfed deny up and down that it’s also happening here.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Just like it took a decade for media and mainstream to pick up Reddit, it’ll take a decade for that to seep through.