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Too late, ChatGPT isn't going to be the driving force behind inaccurate content on the web, we were there long ago. Google search is almost useless now for anyt

Too late, ChatGPT isn't going to be the driving force behind inaccurate content on the web, we were there long ago. Google search is almost useless now for anything outside of "places to eat near me" and the blogosphere died long ago and was replaced by ad-rent-seeking recipe sites. All the value has moved on from web pages to small forum enclaves and video. There is a bright future though in direct real time communication. There's also a new search and indexing revolution waiting in the wings for whoever wants to lead the charge on distilling or better facilitating those conversations. LLMs will play a part in that if they can get the data of the quality question response interactions and use them to fine tune the models.

beezlewax 4y ago
Google has gotten progressively worse year in year out. Its promoting farmed content of stackoverflow posts riddled with ads over the actual posts. It's making money that way sure but at the dismay if it's users. This I think opens up the space for more niche search engines that actually work for what you're looking for. I'd take a search based off of only indexing sites I actually care about over the dribble it's peddling any day. Bring on the competition
- mmkos 4y ago
  100% agree on the point that there's now space for niche search engines. I don't think a search engine for everything is a viable goal (there's too much crap to sift through), but I do think there's space for smaller search engines for particular domains. Even better, make them somewhat curated by domain experts so that users are served high quality content and not just low quality sites that magically rank high because they managed to tick all boxes in the ranking algorithm.
- CamperBob2 4y ago
  Bring on the competition And this time, don't be afraid to charge for it. Because we know what "free" is worth now.
jsemrau 4y ago
Lunchclub is just that. It is really nice to talk to real people in an intimate 1:1 rather than the cocktail party of the modern Internet.
- reidjs 4y ago
  Haven't used it, but just looked that up, so take my comment with skepticism. I didn't end up signing up for that service because it seems like it will attract a certain type of person, so it may be yet another echo chamber on the Internet.
  - jsemrau 4y ago
    Can't judge a book by its cover

beezlewax 4y ago

Google has gotten progressively worse year in year out. Its promoting farmed content of stackoverflow posts riddled with ads over the actual posts. It's making money that way sure but at the dismay if it's users. This I think opens up the space for more niche search engines that actually work for what you're looking for. I'd take a search based off of only indexing sites I actually care about over the dribble it's peddling any day. Bring on the competition

mmkos 4y ago
100% agree on the point that there's now space for niche search engines. I don't think a search engine for everything is a viable goal (there's too much crap to sift through), but I do think there's space for smaller search engines for particular domains. Even better, make them somewhat curated by domain experts so that users are served high quality content and not just low quality sites that magically rank high because they managed to tick all boxes in the ranking algorithm.
CamperBob2 4y ago
Bring on the competition And this time, don't be afraid to charge for it. Because we know what "free" is worth now.

jsemrau 4y ago

Lunchclub is just that. It is really nice to talk to real people in an intimate 1:1 rather than the cocktail party of the modern Internet.

reidjs 4y ago
Haven't used it, but just looked that up, so take my comment with skepticism. I didn't end up signing up for that service because it seems like it will attract a certain type of person, so it may be yet another echo chamber on the Internet.
- jsemrau 4y ago
  Can't judge a book by its cover