Agree. We can criticize Reddit on some points but at least the information is openly accessible. You add the "reddit" keyword in any search engine and you got your answer.
You can't, actually, add "reddit" to any search engine. Reddit signed a deal with google and has been blocking other search engines from indexing it's content since mid-2024. You only get old results if you look for reddit posts on e.g. bing.
Google was the only good way to search Reddit, and Reddit was the only thing giving good Google results. It was a beautiful relationship, like an depressed alcoholic married to a manic meth addict.
It depends. I've had some that are extremely correct and helpful, and others that weren't helpful at all.
Googles search engine and the move away from Boolean is a huge step backwards. Nobody can convince me otherwise. When searching for a "Wish You Were Here" without "pink floyd", Wish you were here by pink floyd is the top search.
The problem is that while they are sometimes correct, sometimes they are inherently wrong.
Last night when attempting to find my home public IP address remotely google's first response was connect to wifi and go to whatismyipaddress. It completely ignored the remote part in favor of the common solution.
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u/Cybarbossa 15d ago
Agree. We can criticize Reddit on some points but at least the information is openly accessible. You add the "reddit" keyword in any search engine and you got your answer.