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Github issue clones and StackOverflow clones pretty much dominate most of my programming related search results these days. Unfortunately DDG isn't much better

by ljm 5y ago

Github issue clones and StackOverflow clones pretty much dominate most of my programming related search results these days. Unfortunately DDG isn't much better. It takes a lot of effort to finesse a search query such that I can get a good result, like a link to documentation or a personal website where someone wrote something up (which is often more thoughtful than what Medium and Dev.to offer).

Volker_W 5y ago
I have never seen a Github issue clone or StackOverflow clone in my life.
- icambron 5y ago
  This surprises me because it's a major problem for me, particularly for GitHub. I end up doing this for clones that don't even link back to the orginal: 1. Search for something 2. See the cloned issue but no results for the original 3. Copy some unique-looking text from the clone 4. Search the repo directly for that text It's awful. Seems to be a very recent problem? Maybe the last few months?
  - Volker_W 5y ago
    If I google "winforms change title bar color", I stackoverflow on top and on the first page: https://newbedev.com/changing-the-color-of-the-title-bar-in-winform https://newbedev.com/changing-the-color-of-the-title-bar-in-... http://ostack.cn/?qa=707394/ http://ostack.cn/?qa=707394/ But this blocks it: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arosh/ublacklist-stackoverflow-translation/master/uBlacklist.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arosh/ublacklist-stackover...
  - hidden-spyder 5y ago
    uBlacklist [0] solves this. The filters in [1] let me block all those clone sites. [0]: https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist [1]: https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist
- nmfisher 5y ago
  It might be a function of your programming niche, but is it possible that you just didn't realize you were looking at a clone? These sites are everywhere.
- guynamedloren 5y ago
  It's a portion of the content that's cloned: the question and subsequent answers or discussion. The styling is usually totally different, even the page structure is different, to the point that I don't realize I'm looking at a clone unless I recognize the copy from a specific github or stackoverflow page that I had looked at previously in my search session.
noobermin 5y ago
At this point google is a shortcut to documentation. I look for the first link that looks like a readthedocs page. You could even short-circuit this and bookmark the documentation for the tool you want. It's going "backwards" in a sense but learning to read a manual well can be quicker than letting google think for you.

by ljm 5y ago

Volker_W 5y ago

I have never seen a Github issue clone or StackOverflow clone in my life.

icambron 5y ago
This surprises me because it's a major problem for me, particularly for GitHub. I end up doing this for clones that don't even link back to the orginal: 1. Search for something 2. See the cloned issue but no results for the original 3. Copy some unique-looking text from the clone 4. Search the repo directly for that text It's awful. Seems to be a very recent problem? Maybe the last few months?
- Volker_W 5y ago
  If I google "winforms change title bar color", I stackoverflow on top and on the first page: https://newbedev.com/changing-the-color-of-the-title-bar-in-winform https://newbedev.com/changing-the-color-of-the-title-bar-in-... http://ostack.cn/?qa=707394/ http://ostack.cn/?qa=707394/ But this blocks it: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arosh/ublacklist-stackoverflow-translation/master/uBlacklist.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arosh/ublacklist-stackover...
- hidden-spyder 5y ago
  uBlacklist [0] solves this. The filters in [1] let me block all those clone sites. [0]: https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist [1]: https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist
nmfisher 5y ago
It might be a function of your programming niche, but is it possible that you just didn't realize you were looking at a clone? These sites are everywhere.
guynamedloren 5y ago
It's a portion of the content that's cloned: the question and subsequent answers or discussion. The styling is usually totally different, even the page structure is different, to the point that I don't realize I'm looking at a clone unless I recognize the copy from a specific github or stackoverflow page that I had looked at previously in my search session.

noobermin 5y ago

At this point google is a shortcut to documentation. I look for the first link that looks like a readthedocs page. You could even short-circuit this and bookmark the documentation for the tool you want. It's going "backwards" in a sense but learning to read a manual well can be quicker than letting google think for you.