Maybe, but probable Google try to kill us
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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I was searching for the “3 days no poop” meme. Lots of Lemmy stuff showed up.
I searched "3 days no poop meme" and I saw 2 from Reddit on the first page (via qwant),
No Lemmy.
Adding Lemmy helps
How many of the millions of people doing searches will add Lemmy specifically? This only works if you wish to specifically search Lemmy, for which I'd suggest adding (intext:"modlog" & "instances" & "docs" & "code" & "join lemmy" | intext:"powered by kbin") to a Whoogle search would do better.
I read a post yesterday about some exec over there acknowledging users are unhappy about search results lately given searching for UGC highly prioritises Reddit. That has always been arbitrary but seems like the problems associated with doing that were relatively minor until the blackout. Now that's happened they'll likely change approach.
Edit: Here's the post. https://lemmy.world/post/672098
I haven't really seen anyone say this, but I think it would be awesome for a new non-lemmy branch of the fediverse to be solely for things like grassroots reviews and recommendations. Of course, even as I say that, I'm highly aware of how easy it would be for it to just be full of shills there too.. it would be nice though. Every other spot on the internet seems to be all paid listicles with affiliate links. Everything is mass made in factories with no emphasis on quality, and the top 10 xyz things are just full of random things people found on amazon (and didn't necessarily test themselves). I hate it when I'm looking for quality. I'd love to see a different take on that that's more straightforward. Something more honest. Like everything we used the 'google + reddit' search for, but in a place where it isn't being paid for or controlled by conglomerates and information siphoning giants. A giant review site for everything under the sun, products and/or services, where you comment with your fediverse account for credibility. And no affiliate links. I'd love to know what anyone else thinks of this. :P