I’d rather surf the web like it’s 2002
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022 [404 Media]
Submitted 4 hours ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.404media.co/slop-evader-browser-extension-pre-generative-ai-search-filter/
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Kyle@lemdro.id 2 hours ago
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 2 hours ago
2022 was still not that good of a year for the internet guys.
helix@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Wish there was a similar extension or ublock blocklist which simply blocks AI slop domains.
Courantdair@jlai.lu 2 hours ago
ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Thanks for this
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 hour ago
tegabrain.com/Slop-Evader , the linked source code on Firefox extension page seems to no longer exist: github.com/tegacodes/slop-evader
So it literally cuts off everything after that date. Why the need for an extension in the browser? One can add max date to any search engine search terms and limit the results too. At least this works with Google, in example
before:2022-11-30. This could be a bookmark in example: www.google.com/search?q=before%3A2022-11-30 Note I do not use Google myself. You have to try this with your favorite search engine yourself.While I think the idea is good to search everything before, I am not certain we need a closed source extension for if we could just add a search term to it manually. And this does not really solve searching the web with content after that date. Still need a better solution to this, especially if time goes on.