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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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[–] Wolfram 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I didn't realize how important Reddit was to get quality results from Google. Without Reddit almost the whole 1st page is just SEO optimized sites. It's just ironic that alternate search engines are better than Google now.

[–] achensherd 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used Bing to find a parts diagram for my car after repeatedly failing to do so with Google. I’m sure I could’ve eventually found it with Google using the correct combination of operators and such, but at that point why bother.

[–] ConTheLibrarian 22 points 2 years ago

What's even more annoying than google populating half the first page with ads is that the links don't even work half the time these days.

[–] ConTheLibrarian 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If AI art is just ripping off IRL artists than it's safe to assume chat GPT's training was >50% reddit & Wikipedia content.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would explain why it's all written like wiki content edited by a redditor.

[–] ConTheLibrarian 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuuuuuuck... Imagine if chat GPT started amending its results with.. "EDIT: wElL tHiS bLeW uP oVeRnIgHt... tHaNkS fOr ThE gOlD kInD ReDdiToR"

That'd be so damn annoying haha

[–] perviouslyiner 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like that story of a child saying "remember to like and subscribe" at bedtime because she thought that was the words for goodbye

[–] ConTheLibrarian 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait is that some kid IRL? Or we talking about gpt speaking as a child?

[–] perviouslyiner 4 points 2 years ago

actual kid, supposedly.

A bit like kids trying to swipe to scroll or zoom on a printed magazine article or book (to be fair, I've done that too!)