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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:30:47 JST Dan Gillmor

   It's not just your impression. Google has wrecked the quality of its search, say credible researchers: https://www.404media.co/google-search-really-has-gotten-worse-researchers-find/

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     M Horstmeier (solargroovy@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:30:47 JST M Horstmeier

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     @dangillmor
     I switched to duck duck go after they started that AI crap

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:30:47 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • M Horstmeier

     @solargroovy @dangillmor DuckDuckGo also has AI products FYI (DuckAssist and AI Chat, both on by default).

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:31:39 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Alexf24

     @alexf24 DuckDuckGo also has AI products FYI (DuckAssist and AI Chat, both are on by default).

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     Alexf24 (alexf24@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:31:40 JST Alexf24

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     @dangillmor Replaced it with DDG years ago.

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     Scratchy (itchy@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:32:32 JST Scratchy

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     @dangillmor
     The quality at Duck Duck Go suffers as well. I find myself giving up after so many tries and go a different direction.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 08:32:32 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Scratchy

     @Itchy @dangillmor Especially now that DDG has AI products as well (DuckAssist and AI Chat)...

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     M Horstmeier (solargroovy@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 10:47:44 JST M Horstmeier

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     • Joe Ortiz

     @joeo10
     Maybe in their browser? I had heard that was in the works but I haven't seen it in my search results (so far)

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 10:47:44 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • M Horstmeier

     @solargroovy You may want to check the settings on the web version and the browser version (the gear icon and select more settings).