I’ll never call it X.

It’s twitter. Perhaps xitter if you must. On mastodon it’s universally referred to as “the other place” which is acceptable.

I think this is kind of reductive.

I mean it’s a nice narrative and sounds like what we want to hear but is it really true? Trump has had his metaphoric pants pulled down a bunch of times but he has more influence than ever.

I don’t think there’s any simple 3 sentence explanation. Trump is a symptom of a complex array of interconnected problems.

I’m trying… I’m trying real hard to be the shepherd ringo.

… and yet here we are ?

Nonsense. Your metaphor is not analogous.

Sophisticated tech firms do extensive analysis with reference groups, A/B testing, et cetera.

Guaranteed, they’ve found that they get better engagement with their product through these AI results.

This might shock you but a group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy is not an indicative sample of opinions.

Hyperbole & subjective. Flatpaks aren’t all that.

My point is, it seems like moat people disagree with you given that search providers put this stuff in their results.

Obviously I pay for a search engine. The advertising funded web is shit.

That’s true, but I think people still appreciate it… like it’s accurate enough, enough of the time, for people to find it helpful.

I like kagi more than ddg. It’s not free but meh.