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I keep seeing posts complaining that the internet sucks now. "It didn't used to be like this! You used to be able to find information. It's just a store now, but it used to be a library." Skill issue, bro. The internet doesn't suck. You suck at research. But don't worry. I'm here to help. 🧵

Yes, Google decided to break its search engine. But Google isn't "the internet" any more than Marvel is "the movies." Film isn't a dead art form just because Quip Man 3 had the emotional depth of a Frisbee. What do we do when something stops working? We try something else.

You've probably heard of DuckDuckGo, but did you know they have a "no AI overviews" version? Here you go: noai.duckduckgo.com They also have no AI search extensions for your web browser. Here's the one for Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo...

Marginalia Search is another alternative search engine, this one “designed to help you find some things you didn’t even know you were looking for.” marginalia-search.com Wilby is another search engine focused on discovery. wiby.org

Qwant is another search engine with AI overviews that can be turned off. www.qwant.com And Mojeek is entirely AI-free, at least last time I checked. www.mojeek.com

So, what do you do when you find a new favorite search engine? Look for resource pages put together by humans. Add phrases like "links page" or "resource page" to your search term. This will get you resources that a real person thought were valuable.