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Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5M sites
Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/neocities-founder-stuck-in-chatbot-hell-after-bing-blocked-1-5m-sites/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Feb 5 at 7:33pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadVictor ape nuts Feb 5
@arstechnica uh oh
Show threadTravisFeb 5
@arstechnica Microslop is gonna slop.
Show threadBlakeFeb 6
@arstechnica that stinks, I love Neocities !
Show threadHello, my name is DisappointFeb 6

@arstechnica Um... Oh, no! Niche websites might not turn up when searched through a search engine NO ONE uses!

Tell me if I'm misunderstanding this. But, yeah.

Show threadpovarioFeb 6
@ZenHeathen @arstechnica DuckDuckGo uses Bing search results, some other search engines do too
Show threadJessie Nabein Feb 6

@ZenHeathen do you use DuckDuckGo? Because 99% of their results come from Bing. As do many other 'alternative" search engines/privacy search engines.

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/can-a-result-be-removed

"...most traditional search results currently come from Bing."

Can a traditional search result be removed from DuckDuckGo? - DuckDuckGo Help Pages

How to request removal of traditional search results in DuckDuckGo.

Show threadhuyqnFeb 6
@arstechnica I am trying to create an account and I am not sure if gmail is blocking mails from the site :/