sadarexOct 14
nixCraft šŸ§

According to multiple reports at X and other social: "The DigitalOcean documentation team was fantastic, but they were laid off just in time for the big LLM content scraping runs that would have catapulted their work into the AI zeitgeist."

I guess the Google AI summary killed it because no more traffic was given to them. It is only a matter of time before many communities that depend on Google search traffic will die off.

Source https://xcancel.com/QuinnyPig/status/1977852223951626372

Oct 14 at 6:21pmWeb
Show threadnixCraft šŸ§Oct 14
Depending on Google is always bad, but in this case, Google acted as a search engine for a long time to find documentation for developers and IT folks. Now, every query is turned into an AI summary, like ChatGPT. Google is no longer a search engine, it is just an AI powered Q&A engine. The problem with this is that nobody is going to create new documentation even paid effort is not worth it for listed companies like Digitalocean, and the AI will keep recycling old documentation i.e hallucination
Show threadLegion495Oct 14
@nixCraft I noticed a lot of the time I come across such an AI search in 90% the cases it is very wrong.

Because I would guess my searches are already high level type of stuff if I run into a issue. It really grinds my gears.
Show threadLinus GasserOct 14
@nixCraft https://udm14.com/ for the win!
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code

A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.

Show threadLoseFriendsandAlienatePeopleOct 14
Information will have to live in an AI safe zone where it can't be scraped. Like the dark net but for normal people
Show threadchocobo13Ī¶Oct 15
@LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople
Web of trust, literally, powered by sneakernet and friends of friends?
Show threadLoseFriendsandAlienatePeopleOct 15
Just like Mastodon, decentralized internet, access not guaranteed, smaller and independent servers
Show threadb3de26aOct 15
@nixCraft I have relied on DO documentation many times and would often start there first. This new reality is distressing to say the least.
Show threadSraarsOct 14
@nixCraft We really need less morons running companies.
Show threadRossMadnessOct 14
@nixCraft That's really unfortunate. I used so many of their guides.
Show threadPiotr SmyrakOct 14
@nixCraft Killed by Google will require a new dimension.
Show threadGothPandaOct 14
@nixCraft I feel like I'm going to want to get an archive of those docs as soon as I can.
Show threadferricoxideOct 14
@nixCraft

StackExchange is Dead Man Walking.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormOct 14

@nixCraft

In a cloud, there is Intel Inside.

Show threadSharon MachlisOct 17
@nixCraft Publishers have faced this for awhile with ā€œsnippets.ā€ Relying too much on Google (or social media) instead of developing your own relationships with users/readers has ALWAYS been a mistake. DO could have better promoted their documentation web pages directly. They could have built their own Q&A AI RAG site and touted it as more reliable. ā€˜AIā€™ isnā€™t the only culprit. It's also business leaders who don't see the value of their own assets, don't adjust to a new landscape, and only cut.