AlexJun 12, 2023

One of the main tragedies of #Reddit decline is that it was one of the last big bulwarks against #SEO-driven enshittification of the web, which’ll only get worse now with LLMs.

I don’t want to know the 7 Best Soundbars for Gaming in 2023, I want to know if a Nintendo Switch can pass its 5.1 PCM signal through a TV and out via the HDMI eARC port fully intact.

Anyway, good article on what all this decline means: https://defector.com/the-last-page-of-the-internet

The Last Page Of The Internet | Defector

Gradually over the last decade, Reddit went from merely embarrassing but occasionally amusing, to actively harmful, to—mainly by accident—essential. As the platform that swallowed niche message boards, it became home to numerous small communities of surprisingly helpful enthusiasts, and grew into a repository of arcane knowledge about, and instantly available first-hand expertise on, a staggering […]

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@eARCwelder

Look on the plus side. We're all being motivated to switch to open source distributed services; and SEO driven enshittification loses its power when we just stop using Google all together.

Jun 12, 2023 at 4:00amWeb
Show threadAlexJun 12, 2023
@rastilin Right, I dropped Google a little while back for Kagi. Happy to use open and/or paid services instead of feeding the ad machines.
Show threadrastilinJun 12, 2023

@eARCwelder

Me too. I especially like that Kagi lets you block domains, which I do for anything that seems like a SEO'd blog-domain. It's a feature that Google desperately needs.