▲ 221 ▼ Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by Nahlej@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org 144 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yads@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (5 children) Had this happen today. Was searching for some programming related stuff and top pages are all inaccessible Reddit posts. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] greybeard@lemmy.one 11 points 3 years ago About 4 people at work Monday discovered the blackouts and learned the reason from following Google results. I'd say that shows the effectiveness of the protest. That's 4 individuals that I work with personally who wouldn't have known otherwise about the api problem that now do. I can only imagine how many people are in that same boat. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lwaxana_katana@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Hopefully it will help people realise that a profit motive being attached to everything is actually counterproductive societally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 point 3 years ago no people will just get mad at users deleting their content instead. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ghost_in_the_code@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 years ago Same. I found it funny though. Showed that if we tried we can cause some chaos permalink fedilink source parent [–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same. Had some things I needed to look up for my 3D printer and much of the results were inaccessible. Was a pain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ollien@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Ditto, actually. The 3D printing communities I've seen here are just so much smaller. permalink fedilink source parent [–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same, but it’s just growing pains. We should start rewriting posts in lemmy with the correct information. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] James_Harmony@fedia.io 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sad thing is most search engines suck/haven't really indexed mostly anything in the fediverse. Wonder why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago The fediverse is really not good for big companies. It cannot be monetized or controlled. It’s obvious you know this, but we just need a search engine that’s tuned to search the fediverse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 11 points 3 years ago About 4 people at work Monday discovered the blackouts and learned the reason from following Google results. I'd say that shows the effectiveness of the protest. That's 4 individuals that I work with personally who wouldn't have known otherwise about the api problem that now do. I can only imagine how many people are in that same boat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lwaxana_katana@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Hopefully it will help people realise that a profit motive being attached to everything is actually counterproductive societally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 point 3 years ago no people will just get mad at users deleting their content instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 point 3 years ago no people will just get mad at users deleting their content instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ghost_in_the_code@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 years ago Same. I found it funny though. Showed that if we tried we can cause some chaos permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same. Had some things I needed to look up for my 3D printer and much of the results were inaccessible. Was a pain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ollien@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Ditto, actually. The 3D printing communities I've seen here are just so much smaller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ollien@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Ditto, actually. The 3D printing communities I've seen here are just so much smaller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same, but it’s just growing pains. We should start rewriting posts in lemmy with the correct information. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] James_Harmony@fedia.io 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sad thing is most search engines suck/haven't really indexed mostly anything in the fediverse. Wonder why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago The fediverse is really not good for big companies. It cannot be monetized or controlled. It’s obvious you know this, but we just need a search engine that’s tuned to search the fediverse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] James_Harmony@fedia.io 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sad thing is most search engines suck/haven't really indexed mostly anything in the fediverse. Wonder why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago The fediverse is really not good for big companies. It cannot be monetized or controlled. It’s obvious you know this, but we just need a search engine that’s tuned to search the fediverse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago The fediverse is really not good for big companies. It cannot be monetized or controlled. It’s obvious you know this, but we just need a search engine that’s tuned to search the fediverse. permalink fedilink source parent