More of a “waiting while cloud flare verifies my humanity thought” but this is the closest c/ I could find.
Maybe something like a crowd sourced browser extension to block or warn against a blacklist of known slop sites?
Some search engines let you block sites from future results. If I’m on my desktop, I’ll knock out the obvious ones on the first page of a search. It’s not much, but it’s honest work.
There is this: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist
I’ve been hoping something like this comes along. I dont have the time or knowledge to do it myself.
It’s getting ridiculous. The internet is ruined.
Search for something simple like how to change a tire and you get a 10 page article starting with “Firstly, what is a tire? Well…”
First of all, that’s an amazing question. You’ve tackled a serious issue in car mechanics (emdash) not only is it a common issue drivers face, but it’s foundational to the understanding of vehicular operations.
(emoji, header) Preparation
First, you’ll need to fill the inner tube to the brim with Elmer’s school glue… (continued)
Make the author solve a CAPTCHA for each page load too.
A search engine that does something like this might actually be pretty revolutionary.
Does your website have a phone number with a real person that answers? No? Gtfo
Mostly, I was just enjoying the mental image of some beleaguered tech blogger wearily solving CAPTCHA after CAPTCHA when they get slashdotted or something.
Nothing on a screen can be trusted. If only they weren’t so addictive…
I assume everything I read on the Internet is someone’s opinion. Unless it’s about an Internet thing, by the company that made that thing.
Like finding usage articles for Windows/office/whatever, on Microsoft’s website…
Half of Microsoft’s documentation is just fanfiction anyway
It very much used to be.
Some of the newer stuff they’ve been putting out has been surprisingly good. Full explanations of how things interact, descriptions of what each option does, what options are available, how to configure things, useful examples…
Then you get to one option called something like “-outputformat” or something and the docs literally just say “this option configures the output format”, and you fall flat on your face and perish.
Crowdsourced block list is probably the best approach to this.
Then people could apply that blocklist however they prefer.
