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I'm reminded of how much better international real estate listings were in 2011. Used to be I could look at every real estate listing in Greece with a simple go

I'm reminded of how much better international real estate listings were in 2011. Used to be I could look at every real estate listing in Greece with a simple google search. I'm sure those sites still exist, but damned if I can find them through the noise of people advertising some more profitable subset. I hope AI doesn't follow that trend, but I can't see why it wouldn't...

slig 3y ago
Google Search was orders of magnitude better 10 years ago.
- Someone 3y ago
  I’m not sure about that. Its search results were better, but I think the fraction of hits of reasonable quality was higher, too. Maybe, Google Search had gotten better, but not as fast as its task has gotten harder.
hot_gril 3y ago
Programming queries in particular have been ruined by SEO on Google. Like, search "longest TEXT in postgres" and enjoy the featured snippet's wildly incorrect answer (65KB) from some cloud whatever platform site, far above Postgres's official docs plainly stating the correct answer (1GB). Also "is kotlin a superset of java," Google's answer is yes according to a random blog. This crap has even made its way onto Instagram. I've been suggested images of AI-generated figurines resembling Clash of Clans with awkwardly phrased captions about learning to code. "LEARNING: WHAT IS ARRAY" with a picture of an angry lumberjack.
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aoitiawj 3y ago
Almost all applications do this now. Even when I search logged out and in "in cognito mode", Google shows me the same repetitive ads and curated search results over and over. I'll search on two other peoples' computers and get two entirely different sets of results. The last time I used dating apps, several of them only showed me people of similar race and appearance. Like, I'm an extreme minority in a city of several million people and several different apps showed me a few hundred people with similar coloring and said there was no one else around. It's ridiculous and as long as the only motive is to consolidate wealth in the hands of a small number of owners, it will never change. This is exactly what capitalism delivers.

slig 3y ago

Google Search was orders of magnitude better 10 years ago.

Someone 3y ago
I’m not sure about that. Its search results were better, but I think the fraction of hits of reasonable quality was higher, too. Maybe, Google Search had gotten better, but not as fast as its task has gotten harder.

hot_gril 3y ago

Programming queries in particular have been ruined by SEO on Google. Like, search "longest TEXT in postgres" and enjoy the featured snippet's wildly incorrect answer (65KB) from some cloud whatever platform site, far above Postgres's official docs plainly stating the correct answer (1GB). Also "is kotlin a superset of java," Google's answer is yes according to a random blog. This crap has even made its way onto Instagram. I've been suggested images of AI-generated figurines resembling Clash of Clans with awkwardly phrased captions about learning to code. "LEARNING: WHAT IS ARRAY" with a picture of an angry lumberjack.

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aoitiawj 3y ago

Almost all applications do this now. Even when I search logged out and in "in cognito mode", Google shows me the same repetitive ads and curated search results over and over. I'll search on two other peoples' computers and get two entirely different sets of results. The last time I used dating apps, several of them only showed me people of similar race and appearance. Like, I'm an extreme minority in a city of several million people and several different apps showed me a few hundred people with similar coloring and said there was no one else around. It's ridiculous and as long as the only motive is to consolidate wealth in the hands of a small number of owners, it will never change. This is exactly what capitalism delivers.