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Parts of Reddit are staying dark. Our search results may suffer for it. (archive.is)

submitted 1 year ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Like it or not, years of insight, experience and expertise live in Reddit threads. But accessing some of them just got harder.

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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is that really a thing? When I search for anything I very, very rarely see a Reddit link in the results. The last time I remember was a question about i3wm.

[–] SlamDrag@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit frequently pops up when I look for answers to tech questions.

[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've noticed this a few times already. Cached pages have worked so far for me.

[–] DeathCubeK@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they might mean folks who are using google to search reddit, for example, the search term "migrating to lemmy reddit". I know I append "reddit" to a lot of my google searches and now with the blackout, those search results will only take you to a private page for the subreddit.

[–] ShadyGrove@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I was trying to lookup stuff about mechanical keyboards on ddg earlier today, and several results on the first page were reddit threads. So it can definitely happen with some other hobbies/topics I imagine.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I often specifically used to search eg. site:reddit.com turboencabulator review or whatever, because on many topics just searching the entire web with Google will give you pages and pages of absolute garbage by sites that mainly exist to churn out (often stolen) low quality search keyword-laden content – especially on tech stuff – to generate ad views

[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 1 year ago

Reddit pops up all the time when I'm searching for questions I have about DIY projects around my house, as inevitably someone else has asked the exact same question in the DIY or HomeImprovement subreddits. Same for technology questions.

[–] frozengriever@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's very useful compared to the usual SEO dreck that Google throws up as the top search results.