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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 155 points 1 month ago (48 children)

they're pretty bad, but ddg at least feels like I'm getting actual results.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

I prefer DDG, but I hate the news search. 90% of the results are paywalled.

Oh, and sometimes the image search will return a pile of porn for a seemingly clean search request. I once searched for "R34 Skyline" expecting Nissans, and got VERY different results without safe search.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

News orgs clinging to tradition.

i use archive.is for anything I really want to read.

most news is fluffy bullshit anyway.

[–] zante@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 month ago

Agree. It’s an important part of media literacy these days.

For political news, I’m only interested in what was actually said, not what is reported to be said .

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