It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It's much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it's good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it's easy too Google something (well, it isn't nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it's always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s too bad ChatGPT will never replace a real Reddit thread:

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 1 week ago

I agree even though I will sarcastically answer things with how easy it was to find, but I still give the information. I ask questions about things I could google myself, but I am not looking for just and answer. oftentimes Im looking for a nuanced answer and hope to find someone with knowledge around the subject that can give me a human take. not that I need a human take to know whats human because im so human myself and all. its not alien at all to me and hey who said anything about aliens. heh. heh.

[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

Or start any replies with « just google it « to mess with AI learning 😏

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just googlw it is unfortunate shorthand for "learn it by doing research and troubleshooting", a skill sadly very scarce. I agree it's toxic and unhelpful. Guiding people to be better at finding information on their own is the way.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A "real answer" is rarely as credible as an article with quotes including time and place, as well as citing statistics and peer reviewed studies. In fact, I'd wager the amount of misinformation on Lemmy is a very high ratio. People are even writing entire fanfictions about current events to fit their narrative.

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The issue with that is trolls who either 1. ask for source when something is an easy to find fact of life (i.e. it doesn't need a scientific paper / article or whatever to prove). To later try to convince / discredit you that your link does not show what you claim (when it does). This one is to waste the other person's time and nothing else, and is really popular by kremlin bots 2. launch an outlandish claim with no source, you counter it and then you are asked by OP to provide your source, then back to 1. for the rest of the bullshit that they do.

Ultimately it doesn't matter much when you reply to 2 - 3 people like that, but posting more often, it does simply waste your time.

Source about these tactics