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Ars TechnicaGoogle admits Reddit protests make it harder to find helpful search results
Search term + Reddit = John Oliver?
Pēteris Krišjānis@arstechnica basically if you would close down or ruin stack overflow and reddit, you could easily just throw search away as it would be useless.
Ok, there is still Wikipedia but still.
Ok, there is still Wikipedia but still.
William Gunn@peteriskrisjanis @arstechnica That future is coming soon. Both of those sites are attracting lots of LLM content, which means reddit and SO content will become just as junky as search results. Bizarrely, SO and reddit want more such content. I don't know if it's because they can't prevent it even if they wanted to or if they're just stuck in short-term thinking: more content=more views=more revenue.
Tony Diep (He/Him)
Mike Buckley@tonydiep @arstechnica I was actually just wondering if there was an iOS extension I could install that just automatically did this every time. The amount of times I forget and tap a Reddit link just to hit a wall 😅
Not iOS exactly, but I used to use a Chrome extension to filter out results from stackxchange redhat.com and other sites where I knew that I would hit a paywall.
Here's one from a quick Google search
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe
Felipe 
@arstechnica the problem is just getting started, the biggest migration starts on July 1st
Grant@Felipe_B @arstechnica what happens on july 1
@grantonthenet @arstechnica
all reddit apps are finally going away, which was the point of the protests.
Reddit ceo double down and triple down of the decision of killing the platform, now we are all saying goodbye including myself
Big Head Tales@arstechnica
I’ve never considered #Reddit to be a reputable information source.
Too sketchy.
Too many trolls.
Too much nonsense.
carbon offsets are BS ☕️🥬I wish that were true.
spherulitic@arstechnica also making it harder to find helpful search results: google’s enshittification
Laura Orchid@arstechnica I can't even access Reddit because I'm Indonesian, so i don't care.
S.T. Veje@arstechnica "As Google tries to make users less dependent on search tricks ..."
This is what struck me. Like, WHY? What is it about giving users the power and control to clearly state their intent, rather than trying to guess it from vague wording, or worse just telling us what we want without actually listening to us, that all these tech companies hate so much? Why can't we have tools with advanced and powerful controls?
Ronnie@arstechnica Waiting for @steve’s Lemmy app and I’m gone from Reddit 👀🤣
steve 
@ronniie @arstechnica I’m working as fast as I can! 😉
@steve @arstechnica Very excited! It’s been a pleasure seeing all your toots about it