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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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It doesn't surprise me at all. The spam was already there on /r/programming and /r/coding way before the blackout. I tried to report all the posts, I asked to become a mod to clean all this shit (and was rejected), but nothing worked. They don't want to clean the mess, and that's another reason why I don't care if reddit dies.
As for /r/learnprogramming, it's still filled with spam or people who cannot do a proper google query, it's as hopeless as the rest. I'm unhappy for all the newbies who want to learn something. I hope the "learnprogramming" of lemmy will be more successful.
To be fair, new programmers generally don’t know enough to construct a proper Google query either. And yes there are some lazy people who just don’t try. But sometimes you know what you want to achieve but any query you try seems to be unhelpful. For example, if I want to learn how to store settings in c++ the first link for me tells me to use boost. Now I need to learn about linking libraries and 300 other boost-isms. While anyone with any basic knowledge could recommend reading strings line by line and splitting the string on the equal sign.
Judging by quality of Google search results I believe experienced devs have the same problems with Google as well..