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[–] mindbleach 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't even get "did you mean" anymore. Just, we found more examples of this, so this must be what you meant.

Even DuckDuckGo straight-up tells you "we didn't find many results containing [blank]." Yeah. That's why I wrote [blank.]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"There are a lot of results that aren't what you're looking for."

Okay, great?

[–] mindbleach 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right? Literally didn't ask.

[–] brbposting 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So that “here’s irrelevant results” tactic must keep people engaged more than “tough luck, found nothing”. My takeaway based on that assumption is that people must suck at using search, unless we think we don’t want those irrelevant results but really they jog our memories or something 51% of the time…

[–] mindbleach 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hadn't considered that search engines would ruin themselves to feed Engagemagog, but in hindsight it's hardly surprising.

That'd also explain when you show up on a front page or focus on a search bar, evanescent outline of a thought trying to take form through your fingertips, and the stupid goddamn website goes Football scores?! Celebrity babies?! Dearborn Michigan?! Large Hadron Collider?! Houseboats?!?!

[–] brbposting 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey, eerbody else is searching The Kardashians* today so maybe you should too!

*to be replaced with non-aged cultural reference

[–] mindbleach 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Those last three were real examples when I checked Google just now. They're not relevant to anything or anywhere in my life. I don't even get it. I can't imagine how they're some hot new thing, today specifically. If they were just trying to shotgun people's hyperfixations, there'd be more about transportation infrastructure and gacha games.

[–] brbposting 2 points 5 months ago

Interesting, the first two of the final three terms are in the news right now:

Houseboat is somewhat surprising. They have made some San Francisco Bay news in the past week: