I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed it. It looks like Kagi has added Fediverse Forums as a default Web search option.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Search engine? I started rawdoging urls a while ago.

      The internet is increasingly more useless, the sites i really need are bookmarked anyway.

      • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        28 days ago

        And I like swiss cheese on my ham sandwiches. Oh, sorry, I thought we were just saying non sequitors.

        In all seriousness, that is not an answer to the question. Yes, some (often older) people will always use a search engine to find the same website they browse all the time. But search engines are also incredibly valuable for finding new things or verifying claims. I have a bookmark for the Warframe wiki but that doesn’t help me when I want to research different monitor energy efficiencies or find a repair guide for my toaster oven.

        And while people CAN collect a set of (searchable) websites for different topics they are interested in… that is how we got into (one of) our current mess(es). How many people just use reddit for everything and thus make themselves vulnerable to corporate shittery and misinformation campaigns.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        28 days ago

        I started rawdoging urls a while ago.

        Works best when you’ve got a web ring or other friendly community of contributors to reference against one another.

        But those are few and fair between in the modern day.