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Reddit now blocks signed out VPN connections.
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this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2023
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Most of us dumped Reddit when third party apps went away. I personally haven't been back to Reddit since creating a Lemmy account. Screw that place; they don't deserve my patronage anymore. Or anyone's, for that matter. Continuing to use their content is justifying their shitty business practices. It'll never get better if people keep enabling it.
Also, what specific info are you searching for that Reddit can provide? Their search function has always been garbage. Or are you referring to general content and/or subs that don't have an active userbase here yet?
you dont search inside of reddit. you search for the problem in your search engine and then put reddit after it.
such problems include specific university questions such as a question about Harvard or UC Berkeley or MIT, you won't find any of that on lemmy. questions related to specific cars from a make n model, you won't find any of that on lemmy, questions about professional career fields such as engineering, law, nursing and dentistry, you won't find any of that on lemmy, questions about specific cities and smaller towns or counties that you again, will just not find on lemmy. the only things you can reliably find on lemmy are foss and tech related stuff, some politics although very very left leaning which i personally dont have a problem with, and thats generally about it.
dont get me wrong i love lemmy and deleted my reddit account long time ago but the fact of the matter is that reddit is still one of the largest pools of niche and specific information that you just can not find anywhere else because it is the modern day forums website for practically anything and everything, whether you like it or not.
Buildapac is probably still one of the best places to get advice on pc parts.
Google indexes Reddit, it does not index the fediverse
That sounds incorrect. What's your source?
just go on any search engine and ask a specific question and put reddit after it. Chances are you will see at least 5-6 results. Now do the same and put lemmy next to it. Youll see practically nothing
They do indeed index, but the fediverse isn't yet highly ranked against other results. The above will let you specifically search whatever site you choose, such as Lemmy.world
I can get this to work on Google and DDG. I haven't bothered checking others. I usually search Lemmy via my app though.
the problem with specifically putting lemmy.world is you are blocking out all the other lemmy instances which could potentially contain the information you are looking for, i could be wrong but i believe this is how it will be when indexing
Previous experience that may no longer be relevant if it is actually doing so now
Yes, but Google's is very good. And it frequently returns links to Reddit.