Yep. In the early days of the Internet, I remember searching for random topics and getting back tons of results that I could comb through for hours. Now, my searches come back with limited results and they are all from the same handful of sources, which have been highly "cleansed".
Yes!! I could get accurate info on what herbal treatments work for specific ailments. Then about 15 years ago, noting but ads and links to medical colleges that said the stuff was unproven, dangerous or just rumor. It was such BS
Yes. At one point I learned the syntax to finely tune the searches, but as it all eroded I eventually gave up and now just search like average Joe Donkey since the results are garbage either way.
This was an openly discussed critique about the Internet back in the 90s. No authorized gatekeepers to apply standards and weights to the quality and veracity of information available. Too flatly democratic.
I get it, but that's the inherent risk of free and open information flow. I remember back in the early 90s how many countless hours I wasted researching the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" and all the occultic conspiracy theories surrounding it, which was after all a highly dubious tale surrounded by thick levels of BS and legends, fake eyewitnesses, etc. Meanwhile I had no earthly idea that something called The Franklin Scandal actually did happen with a legal paper trail and all that.
Yep. In the early days of the Internet, I remember searching for random topics and getting back tons of results that I could comb through for hours. Now, my searches come back with limited results and they are all from the same handful of sources, which have been highly "cleansed".
Yes!! I could get accurate info on what herbal treatments work for specific ailments. Then about 15 years ago, noting but ads and links to medical colleges that said the stuff was unproven, dangerous or just rumor. It was such BS
Yes. At one point I learned the syntax to finely tune the searches, but as it all eroded I eventually gave up and now just search like average Joe Donkey since the results are garbage either way.
Curated and all the top links are promoted ads
Curated is a generous description.
This was an openly discussed critique about the Internet back in the 90s. No authorized gatekeepers to apply standards and weights to the quality and veracity of information available. Too flatly democratic.
I get it, but that's the inherent risk of free and open information flow. I remember back in the early 90s how many countless hours I wasted researching the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" and all the occultic conspiracy theories surrounding it, which was after all a highly dubious tale surrounded by thick levels of BS and legends, fake eyewitnesses, etc. Meanwhile I had no earthly idea that something called The Franklin Scandal actually did happen with a legal paper trail and all that.
But such are the pitfalls.