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Part of why internet search sucks is that many gave up trying in the face of Google. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You can't say I don't know enough and then critique a system.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You absolutely can. I did, and plenty of other people do all the time about a variety of systems, search engines included. That's not to say they'll be good critiques, but that's irrelevant to whether or not they can.

    And in that vein, I'm not suggesting mine is a good critique. However it is reflective of my opinions from my experience with their system and my admittedly rough knowledge of it at the time of writing. Instead of adding to dismissive replies, how about we all get together and read the PageRank wikipedia page and learn together.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Usually people educate themselves on a topic before trying to talk about it as if they have a clue.

    "But this is just, like, my opinion bro"

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    We're not in /c/technology nor a tech themed instance, it's a showerthought post (so the vibe should be casual), maybe learn to read a room?

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    Also, it's not as if I was speaking authoritatively, I was speaking to my experiences and I was upfront about the limits of my knowledge. Instead of bothering to constructively correct me, you flatly went, "Yeah, no." and your entire entry into the convo was pretty condescending for no apparent reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Instead of bothering to constructively correct me

    To quote a certain highly educated someone, we’re not in /c/technology nor a tech themed instance, it’s a showerthought post (so the vibe should be casual), so why would we go into technical details? maybe learn to read a room?

    your entire entry into the convo was pretty condescending for no apparent reason

    Except the stated one....

    Usually people educate themselves on a topic before trying to talk about it as if they have a clue.

    People are not gonna bother educating someone who won't educate themselves, especially when what is said is so completely incorrect they have no idea where to even begin.

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