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.

    • zante@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      5·
      2 months 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 .

    • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      It’s just that Bing/DDG seem to promote news from these sites as if they’re sponsored links… but without the disclosure.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        bummer.

        I see all the labeled sponsored links on Bing, but I generally get high quality results outside of those.

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I’m pretty sure here in the states, a site is obligated to identify ad content and sponsored content, so when a big company like Microsoft or Alphabet is doing it (Bing and Google) it makes me wonder if there’s been a recent carve-out or relaxation of the reg.

        That makes the return adversarial to the end-user, hence the point of the regulations.