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1. LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 00:49:24 JST LS
   it's probably just my impression but it seems like i can't find anything on google anymore
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 00:57:47 JST LS

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     • Tuna
     @GNUxeava i guess i'm back to bookmarking sites then
   • Tuna (gnuxeava@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 00:57:48 JST Tuna

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     @lain@lain.com it's real. They went from a working algorithm to stupid machine learning whatever. And also trash SEO leading to trash results

   • Rusty Crab (rustycrab@sleepy.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:00:33 JST Rusty Crab

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     @lain yeah it's not just you. Google started declining steadily in 2016 and in 2021 went into a massive freefall. I usually don't even bother with it now unless I've exhausted all other options.
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   • chuck (bb@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:01:17 JST chuck

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     @lain it seems like pretty much all major search providers killed their reverse image search too, no idea why since that was the only reason I would ever use google
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   • just an actual husbear :verified: (guizzy@pleroma.guizzyordi.info)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:30:30 JST just an actual husbear :verified:

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     @lain For people who never really invested in the "search engine usage" skillset, maybe it has gotten better, I'm not sure. But as someone who used to be great at crafting my search prompts to get exactly what I needed, yeah. It's trash now. It seems to be guessing too much as to what it thinks I want, it's fighting my prompts all the time instead of following them.
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   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:32:04 JST Moon

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     @lain definitely seeing the same thing and i believe i'm not only just now noticing it because a few other people are talking about it. it has gotten worse in my day to day usage and more frequently it's not finding a suitable result no matter what i try, an outcome that used to be rare.
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   • Burner (vburner@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:32:47 JST Burner

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     @lain use SearXNG
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   • kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:33:25 JST kaia

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     • kaia
     @lain
     maybe finding nothing is preferable to finding those shitty ad spouting "10 reasons your R code is wrong" articles (number 3 will shock you)
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   • kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:33:26 JST kaia

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     @lain lot of information in walled gardens that google cannot access :sadcat:
   • aiia (aiia@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 01:35:10 JST aiia

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     @lain I get stuff on google but a lot of it is personalised to my country so I have to skip those results

     Also have had to try multiple search engines a lot more than normal (normally use ddg)

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   • EconomicHitman (economic_hitman@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 10:00:39 JST EconomicHitman

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     have you tried googling that? @lain
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   • ベッサーヴィッサー :verify: :verified: :verified_flashing: (besserwisser@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 23:02:02 JST ベッサーヴィッサー :verify: :verified: :verified_flashing:

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     • kaia
     @kaia @lain Reason number 1: you're using R
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 23:02:02 JST LS

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     • ベッサーヴィッサー :verify: :verified: :verified_flashing:
     @besserwisser @kaia hard R?