Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
Hubo un tiempo en que los foros de discusión eran nuestras redes sociales. Los usuarios visitaban aquellos que se ajustaban a cierta temática y eso les...
What are we going to do about it?
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Edit: thanks to @Xamrica@lemmy.dbzer0.com for this translation alternative: https://translate.kagi.com/translate/https://www.xataka.com/servicios/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-porque-ahora-todo-reddit-discord-eso-preocupante
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I'm sort of tired of articles describing some catastrophe that happened ten years ago and saying "it's worrying."
Agreed, this article would have made sense in 2020 or earlier.
And now we have the fediverse, which is causing a resurgence of content that is independent of Reddit or Discord.
Is it? When was the last time you googled something and the first website that came up didn't spit out some SEO or garbage content?
Like every day? Yeah it’s worse now but Google is still useful for a lot of things.
That being said, I do have AdBlock so it’s a different internet for me.
Have you ever tried DuckDuckGo or Qwant? They have better results in my opinion, as long as you don't care about the business snippets.
DuckDuckGo is so much better than Google. Barely any ads, and results that are actually useful 9 times out of 10.
It has been my experience that, yes, the user experience of DuckDuckGo is far superior to that of Google, but, DuckDuckGo doesn’t always provide the precise results. I’m looking for. I can still get the information, but it takes a little bit more work.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely not shilling for Google. Their search engine has definitely gone to shit in the last 5 to 8 years. But DuckDuckGo simply doesn’t have the incredible precision that Google can if it’s properly used.
I use both
I've been using it for what seems like forever, but getting fewer and fewer relevant results over time for some reason. Switching to &udm=14 has been helpful, but I'm still uncertain about it: https://udm14.com/
Today. Among thousands of times.
I'm with OP. People have been screaming this for ages, and the collective societal reaction hasn't even been apathy, but "We vote for Big Tech CEOs, full steam ahead."
So… Yeah, I'm tired, too. Screw it all. Let the internet burn in Reddit/Discord/SEO hell. Maybe we can build something from the ashes.
How about strengthening the Fediverse and Lemmy?
Let the internet burn in Reddit/Discord/SEO hell. Maybe we can build something from the ashes.
So basically, let the world burn? Because that's what it looks like we're heading toward right now because of big tech.
Maybe we can build something from the ashes.
The big question is whether it will be us who do that.
let the world burn
That’s what’s gonna happen.
Maybe Europe and China will “isolate” themselves from much of the burning. I hope they do. But the rest of the world seems quite entrenched in Big Tech.
Maybe burning quickly is better, since more people will notice.
Better question would be "when the last time you googled something without prefixing it with 'reddit' to get good results" 🤭
A couple dozen times yesterday.
I'm tired of articles that just act like nothing else exists or has existed. It's just so dishonest and not very intellectual. Right, Reddit and Discord, that's all we have now right? Forget Facebook, Xanga, MySpace, Skype, the Messengers, IRC, ICQ, Twitter, WhatsApp, Kik, Telegram, Signal .etc it goes on and on.
But Reddit and Discord, that's all we have!
Perfectly said dude /cheers
indeed it is the clickbait, emotional guff
also lemmy is part of the problem