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I remember a time where you would get multiple results from a search with no scrolling

Edit:

The poll stopped me in my tracks but it’s actually even worse.

It should not take this long to get to imdb

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/07517bb4-4df4-406b-961b-a021148badea.jpeg

Edit2: didn’t even realize it thinks I’ll “love it” based on things I look up. I don’t think I’d like it.

felbane ,

duckduckgo.com/?q=rise+of+the+planet+of+the+apes

Quill7513 ,

1 is the right number of info cards

can OP ,

This is the impetus I needed

TheTechnician27 ,
@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world avatar

Your daily reminder that DDG also has an infinite scroll option under its settings. (Seriously, DDG’s Settings menu is so good.}

FlashMobOfOne ,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

We had no idea how good we had it back then, did we?

novettam ,

A poll in the search results, what the heck?!

can OP ,

They’re throwing shit at the wall I guess. Last week I got this in my YouTube feed:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/740e7443-818c-4262-8f27-6aca7f06f6e1.jpeg

LostXOR ,

Great, now they're going to start giving us exams before we're allowed to watch a video.

Jilanico ,
@Jilanico@lemmy.world avatar

Are they trying to train an AI?

can OP ,

I doubt it. They know I’m into audio production and this is kind of a softball question. Maybe if they start giving me more advanced ones.

Jilanico ,
@Jilanico@lemmy.world avatar

The Gemini logo next to the word “Experiment” makes me suspicious.

can OP ,

The quiz itself was definitely made by an AI.

Ziglin ,

I think it’s just something creators can do to boost gain extra impressions but apparently they don’t have to do it themselves anymore…

eager_eagle ,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

no, too stupid of a question

Jilanico ,
@Jilanico@lemmy.world avatar

Simple questions with known answers might be a way to weed out malicious/untrustworthy responders.

Showroom7561 ,

It was too good and offered no financial incentive for them to continue with it. It’s better if users scroll endlessly looking for the information that used to simply be available instantly.

baggins ,

Damn the second image in your post didn’t load for me and it turned my Connect into an infinite grey screen

can OP ,

I messed up the link twice in weird ways. It should be fixed now.

baggins ,

Y’all got a denial of service 0-day for Lemmy connect 👀

can OP ,

An obscure one.

!%5B%5D(example.com)

LazaroFilm ,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

I switched to DuckDuckGo on all my devices and I get shocked that people can’t find anything when they search.

can OP ,

Momentum’s a bitch. I’ve been using google search since I lost touch with Jeeves and that pile of dogs ran away.

Viking_Hippie ,

…dogs?

SoGrumpy ,

dogpile.com

kitnaht ,

Dunno what is wrong with you guys, but IMDB is on the first page for me, with no scrolling. But I don’t use my phone like a plebeian.

TseseJuer ,

maybe not but you act like one… pleb

Brunbrun6766 ,
@Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world avatar

🤓🤓🤡

soulfirethewolf ,

The polls are completely idiotic but I personally find info cards to be quite helpful.

Telodzrum ,

The info cards are a cancer on the internet. They exist only so you stay on Google’s page and don’t follow a link to another site.

dmention7 ,

They exist only so you stay on Google’s page and don’t follow a link to another site.

That may be true, but I’d say in the neighborhood of 1/3 - 1/2 of my searches are answered by auto-compiled info cards or similar artifacts.

Just by way of example, my wife and I were casually researching cars lately, and one of the criteria is “does the damn thing fit in our garage??” Typing “Mazda CX-9 length” and having that specific info presented immediately is immensely preferable to clicking into edmonds.com and scrolling through an entire table of specifications.

ech ,

If anyone still wants to use google without this, you can use this url, replacing ‘example’ with your search

https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=example

iAmTheTot ,

I know this won’t be the answer people want, but to be perfectly frank if I know I want the IMDb page for a movie, I put IMDb in the query. It will put the page you want right at the top, none of that extra shit, and it will even probably predict what you’re typing before you finish.

ohwhatfollyisman ,

separately, imdb itself has been enshittified enough that, most times, i don’t want the imdb page as a search result.

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

Anyone know good alternatives?

CubitOom ,

themoviedb

can OP ,

imdb wasn’t really the point, that’s on me, I could have also just tapped imdb on the card at the very top. It’s the other sites that I don’t know to search for that I would like to see promoted

akilou ,

Damn. I switched to DDG like well over a year ago and thought I was just kind of putting up with it for the sake of privacy. Turns out I didn’t know how good I have it

fritobugger2017 ,

Exactly. I’ve been using DDG for years now and when I have to use Google search for whatever reason, I am quickly reminded how crap ggl is.

hungprocess ,
@hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It shouldn’t take this long to get to imdb

In case anyone here isn’t aware, you can directly search IMDB from DuckDuckGo by using the bang !imdb.

modifier ,

I had the identical reaction. Thanks OP for posting this repellent screenshot. So glad I changed my defaults.

cheddar ,
@cheddar@programming.dev avatar

DDG is moving into the same direction. I had to use ublock to hide the news block that appears when I’m searching for a movie/show to avoid spoilers.

fmstrat ,

Just switched to my own SearXNG instance. Won’t go back. Even did a PR for better Google Answers integration.

th3dogcow ,
@th3dogcow@lemmy.world avatar

It sucks, yes. But, if you select the “web” tab instead of the “all” tab at the top of the page, you’ll get something more akin to what you’re looking for. There’s probably even a way to script it so that it defaults to that view.

can OP ,

The tab that you have to scroll past shopping to know it even exists.

th3dogcow ,
@th3dogcow@lemmy.world avatar

Yep! So convenient /s

ShinkanTrain ,

Did it spoil the movie in the suggested questions 💀

nogooduser ,

In fairness, IMDB is right there on the first info card.

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