• danhab99@programming.dev
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    IDK what shitoverflow gets out of being so fucking toxic. I asked one dumb question and I’m basically banned from posting on the website.

    It feels like they’re trying to be a sort of “wikipedia” of every programming problem and solution. The problem is that eventually everything will be posted, and everyone will be banned from the website.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is that eventually everything will be posted, and everyone will be banned from the website.

      I don’t think they see that as a problem, that’s the goal

  • alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    This doesn’t tell us much without also including the quality of the posts. Are we sure this isn’t just idiots who ask stupid question that can be found on Google over and over not doing that now that they have chatgpt

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    1 year ago

    I think this has as much to do with Google being shit at finding stuff lately as it does llms like chatGPT

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      1 year ago

      You can even see the decline in posts and votes before GPT became mainstream. This definitely look more like search engine failing to get rid of those cheap copycats.

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        1 year ago

        Agreed. For me, making it so that the search engine ignores -string was one of the biggest set backs.

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          the search engine ignores -string

          WHAT? Why would they do that? WTF no wonder…

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            1 year ago

            Hyphen (-) means you don’t want to see this word, while words surrounded by quotes (") means you want these phrases exactly.

            Most symbols are also ignored, which is great for an average user but terrible for programmers.

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          On Google and on Duck Duck Go too. On DDG you can’t get rid of the over-optimized websites anymore even if you use -“website name”. Luckily -site:address still works.

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            That’s crazy. Google/DDG bloat from SEO websites had already driven me out a while ago, so I hadn’t noticed. I’ve been using Kagi for a few months now, and I find I can trust my search results again. Being able to permanently downgrade or even block a given website is an awesome feature, I would recommend it just for that.

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              Hmm, not really used to the idea of paying for search, but I understand.

              Is it good at filtering AI generated sites and sites that are clearly copy pasted. Or do you kind of have to identify that yourself and manually block?

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                I think it’s worth testing it with the free 100 searches. All you need is an email address (no credit card unless you’re actually subscribing). I’ve only been using it a few days but I don’t think it filters out AI generated sites. But you can set a ranking by site (block, lower, normal, raise, pin) so you can make stack overflow be priorised and block quora.

                They have a ranking board of top sites in each category so you can go through it and set the rank of a bunch of sites upfront.

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    1 year ago

    Is there a fediverse alternative yet?

    Also, if you are a technical person I urge you to start a blog where you document problems you solve. It’s a great ressource for others and a resumé for you.

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      1 year ago

      Its so exhausting having to train chat gpt to be condescending and to close all my threads as duplicates though

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      1 year ago

      ChatGPT went public at the start of the last kink downward. It can not be the reason for the big drop untill 2023.

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    SO is a shithole, just like Reddit. All the work is done by volunteers. When it was time to cash out with the platform, they also did several things to fuck with their community. I’ve contributed quite a bit to the trilogy sites, and served as a moderator. I regret every second of it. But at least a few people got rich in the process.

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      People prefer having something generating shitty code and not checking it, instead of asking or searching on internet for a substantially better solution

      • li10@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        Because forum posts are always full of accurate and helpful information?

        In my experience it still makes good suggestions for most things, and is better than trying to phrase things in a way that Google likes, then trawling through irrelevant forum posts.

        It’s only there to make suggestions, so if someone is taking its output without understanding and treating it like gospel then they’re an idiot who’s inevitably going to end up in a world of trouble.

        If you take the suggestion, verify it with documentation, then make sure you actually understand it, chatGPT is a great tool.