ConstipatedWatson @ ConstipatedWatson @lemmy.world

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This was well written and makes me miss Groklaw once more

... And so it begins...

... And so it begins...

This is beautiful and reminds me of my trips there and of the shotengai's (shopping arcades, sometimes covered)

Not sure why you're being down voted

So you're texting while driving, uh?

We should all report you, but we're too curious to know the source of perpetual motion that's been powering you since May!

If you wait in front of an empty screen it's much more pleasant than being in front of visual and audio spam drilling into your head.

It's of course true that YouTube can't support a website for free, so it would be the correct thing to watch some ads: problems arising are that (A) some ads are malicious (either as misinformation or as viruses or as links to those), (B) they've grown from a reasonable amount to an unreasonable one and often interrupted at the worst possible time)

Good things come to those who wait (and block ads)

Good Guy EU

I hear you, but unfortunately I have not enough experience nor time to moderate the niche communities I loved on Reddit.

You might say this is selfish because I'd leave this to others, as if their time is less valuable, but really you need to be capable of being a moderator and I'm really grateful to those who do so. You also need to be an expert (or knowledgeable enough) in the topic being moderated.

While I was on Reddit my main account had a single comment in 12 years of having accounts (and even more without): it was a request to get a Tildes account in June 2023, then I found out about Lemmy and here I am (and here I'm way more active than I've ever been because I feel Lemmy is small and needs active users and I enjoy being here a lot more)

Hahahahaha, you're right. My choice of words is very debatable, but it's true that the moment you had to make a choice was implemented well and I was very concentrated in the heat of the moment

I can't speak for the other games mentioned in this thread, but in the case of Heavy Rain it was very enjoyable that often you had to make quick decisions or the game would choose for you

Wait, what did you just say? So Half Life 3 is confirmed! Yay!

I don't know if this YouTuber is reliable, but if he is (and the video does look well made and the guy looks wholesome), then this is disturbing and worrying on several different levels...

Dormammu, I've come to bargain

Thanks! So it's some sort of guidelines Google and other search engines laid out which can be exploited to maximize visibility. Very annoying indeed

I'm late to the party and I don't understand several things I read in the comments, so I need to ask for clarification.

What is Google's Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? I looked it up, but the websites StartPage was giving me were not useful (probably ads or spam sites). Is finding these ads/spam sites the problem?

How is this a search engine's fault? I mean, if the internet is now made by walled gardens and spam sites, search engines have trouble finding something really relevant, but how is it their fault?

I should add I navigate logged out on Firefox with the Ublock Origin and NoScript extensions (among others) so I at least don't see Google's ads.

I agree there are some searches where it's next to impossible to find informed sites from spam ones: just a week ago I was looking for "Best Nintendo Switch games released in 2023" and I got lots of dubious blogs, and even when I got hits from IGN, GameSpot or PcMag sites, I realized I don't know if any of these last sites are genuine or bought out (and checked the Wikipedia for more wisdom about their veracity), but how is it the search engine's fault to not navigate through seas of crap?

When I search for academic things, Google or StartPage still seem to give me useful answers.

I have been wary about searches related to reviews about anything, but it just seemed to me the internet is a worse place now in general (because of walled gardens and spam)

Disclaimer: I'm late to this whole discussion and I also don't understand some things (I don't fully understand what SEO is and why it's bad, though from the comments I understand it's part of what's making search engines worse nowadays)

Given that: I also made some searches where I wouldn't get anything good in the first pages, but that seemed to be dictated by the amount of spam sites too, isn't it?

I mean, I use the Ublock Origin and NoScript extensions for Firefox and search logged out of Google, so I don't get advertisements, but I agree that, depending on what I search, I need to fight through large amounts of crap to find something good. Still I don't understand (and it's my lack of knowledge in this) why it's the search engine's fault for not being the best and hiding spam sites

Honest question: what you've described is very disturbing (having to wade through lots of bot reposts), but why would this be Google's fault (or DuckDuckGo's or Bing's or StartPage"s or Kagi's)?

I'm not trying to save the search engines since they're also out to make a profit, but if half the internet is spam, why would this be a search engine's fault? I mean, we can complain it's not sophisticated enough to navigate through the crap

Fixed: added second paragraph

I suppose maybe they're still useful innovations if they can be made with minerals which are more available.

Probably, we could achieve a balance between one type and the other, but I'm daydreaming now...

That's very interesting. If they can be used at home or in cars that don't require batteries with a very large capacity, then that would be really good to counter the scarcity of lithium (and hopefully, help the environment too)