But Reddit and SO are the only two results that give me the answers I need/want
Who the hell wants whatever the alternative to stack overflow is?? I mean, what would that even be? Misleading Quora questions? Expertsexchange pages that give wrong answers and don’t let you view it without an account? Microsoft help forums where nobody even answers the question and the thread is just people complaining about the lack of answers? Old school forums where denver_coder12 just replies to his own question with “I fixed it”?
The pre stack overflow internet sucked ass.
PTSD Chihuahua
I think we’re good with stack overflow.
yes.
It is still a treasure trove of knowledge, accumulated over the years. I can’t see search results from reddit becoming less valuable any time soon.
Reddit >>> AI generated articles or bias sponsored reviews…
My standard workflow for researching X product I would like to purchase:
- Search X product.
- Click through some vendor pages selling X product.
- Search for reviews/comparisons of different versions of X product.
- Read a few pages of utter junk that seems like spit the vendor pages through an AI generator.
- Go to Reddit and find real reviews.
Both are massive and useful sources of information, and their loss is and would be a tragedy.
The ideal imo would be their CEOs not driving the sites into the ground for power and profit. But, capitalism is what it is.
StackOverflow isnt bad to read. Its just horrible to post or comment on.
I still search for stuff on Reddit, but honestly if something happened to Pinterest I’d celebrate. Tired of having to put “-pinterest” every time to filter out their garbage image search results.
honestly i use google to find reddit results…
Seriously. I got so used to just tagging “reddit” at the end of a search to find recommendations, niche content, etc. It’s the thing I miss most. Not sure how we replicate something like that with these new sites. Maybe time will set it straight.
If you haven’t tried out Marginalia search engine, check it out. At least in my experience, it was like, “Holy shit, THIS is what search engines used to be like!”
First we need a good archive of reddit so all the useful info is still accessible