I keep trying to find things like “making waffles from sour dough discard” and all the sites are the same: long meandering paragraphs full of links to other things on the site with dubious instructions.

Considering at this point I can pretty much identify the type of site by looking at it; are there good extensions or search engines which might remove them from search results?

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      4 days ago

      I just realized how freaking bad this was - especially on Reddit. I was doing a search for IPTV providers. I checked reddit first, since in the last that has been a reliable way for finding people recommending stuff, not just whatever is search engine optimized.

      Holy shit was it bad. Nearly every comment was AI slop. They all followed a very similar structure. Tons and tons of comments like:

      Appreciate the share! LunoTV is great — super affordable and has tons of channels. Definitely recommend checking it out.

      Appreciate the share! Xalvon IPTV offers tons of channels and the streaming has been really smooth on my devices. Good value overall.

      LunoTV has been great for me. Tons of channels, really affordable, and easy to set up.

      Luno TV has been great for me. Tons of channel selection is huge, and their app runs smoothly .

      We’re seriously getting to a point where we won’t be able to search for anything due to AI fake results.

      • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 days ago

        Did you find an iptv service? I’ve been thinkibg about getting one but whenever i look into i just find junk.

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          4 days ago

          Will report back. I used one a couple years ago, but it’s since gone out of business. Like I said, yesterday I was having trouble sifting through all the slop to find an actual real answer. I signed up for a free trial of one and will respond if it’s any good. I’m not holding my breath through.