“I know I’m not the only person who appends “reddit” to a lot of Google searches to find answers to things written by actual humans instead of robots.”
If Jay cared about human content, they wouldn’t be using google for searches.
DDG, Ecosia, Qwant, etc. also occasionally return results from Reddit, particularly in niche searches. I have found lots of information from helpful people on Reddit, including great instructions for installing Jellyfin or using IRC, suggestions for backpacking gear and Linux-friendly laptops, etc. . Blocking public view of that site will definitely make the internet worse, even if you never use google.
https://marginalia-search.com/
Is good for finding human written work
I use DDG, but at times it kinda sucks
Really? I’ve been using DuckDuckGo as my main browser and search engine for years now. I’ve had zero problems with the search results. I haven’t used Google search directly in five years probably.
Kagi has a fediverse filter!
Not paying monthly to browse the web. If they had a one time fee, sure.
I didn’t digg it
They can’t force you to login if no account 😏👈
This will come with so many annoying consequences. Quick google search leads to AI answer citing reddit as a source that can’t be accessed. Ultimately we’re heading to informaton being locked behind log-ins and paywalls with AI circumventing all of that. Your average user will look at the AI answer and trust it because the effort to find a source or at least verify the info becomes too great.
Reddit was already slowly dying, this will only accelerate the decline. But at least /u/spez made millions selling users’ data to AI companies, right?
No, I don’t think I will
Are there any public archives? I don’t care about the site in general, but there’s plenty of older content that is still useful.
