@steeph@queerchen.de
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May 23, 2026
steeph 
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@steeph@queerchen.de
⸻⸻ English bio below ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Nicht mehr jung, noch nicht alt, technikinteressiert, fett, neurodiverdingsda, Egoist, Harmonie- Zucker- und stimulierungssüchtig, Klimasau, Mit-Nazis-Diskutierer, DIY-Fan, #MLPFiM, Träumer, bürotechnisch organisierender Angestellter in Deutschland, Reply Guy, Biergutfinder, #TeamBash, inkonsequent, #SmallWeb, simplizitätsverliebt; Tech war besser in den 1990ern. Hier auf deutsch, dort auf englisch: @steeph Halt Sachen, die ich in dem Moment gerade los werden oder die ich mal anderen zeigen möchte. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ person who usually doesn't know what to put in a bio, theoretical maker (having ideas and then not #making them), self-identified #neurodivergent, privacy-loving bearer of an abnormal brain, grown-up boy, naive but not as gullible as I used to be, #DataHoarder, doing coordinated clicky typie stuff and travelling through Germany to do tech stuff for a salary. changing interests: digital #electronics/computers, #retrotech, the #SmallWeb, DIYing things from scrap, recreational #programming, bash, #dream #science, tragic movies… Spike is best pony. There is also a German language account where I post different stuff: steeph@queerchen.de
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@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com It sort of exists. But it's cluttered with a lot of waste and malicious #web sites and obstructed by search engines that don't surface the stuff that I'd like to find with them.
In creating this alternative internet (call it #SmallWeb or whatever) we also have to take care of making it findable.
Creating blogrolls and directories, using inline links and link lists as much as possible, sharing OPML files and posting about interesting or important pages is good. But it doesn't help very much in the scenario where someone is using a search engine that seems to almost entirely ignore those indicators of valuable content.
So for me the main question currently is: How do we (/I) support alternative #SearchEngines? Or do we have to make us stop using them like we have to abstain from using #BigTech products?
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@maijanlainen@mementomori.social
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Feb 02, 2026
Maija Koivula ⌘
@maijanlainen@mementomori.social
A Finnish video game writer specializing in fairytale fantasy and historical fiction. Arts and crafts type 🧶 🖌️ 🩰 She/them 🌈 ♠️ 💙💜🩷 My portfolio can be found at https://maijanlainen.neocities.org Arts and crafts at Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/maijanlainen
mementomori.social
I'm trying to find alternatives for #pinterest and all the LLM-creted articles contain gems such as Inkscape being a great alternative for Pinterest, which as we all know, is a vector drawing program. Like Pinterest. 🤔
It's actually sad and upsetting to watch the ability to search the internet just crumble in front your eyes in almost real time. I've had bad answers before and dealt with it, but this query, I honestly can't see myself climbing the mountain of all the unfactual nonsense DDG is giving me this time.
#searchengines #enshittification #internet
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@JdeBP__dup_33984@mastodonapp.uk
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Jan 31, 2026
JdeBP
@JdeBP__dup_33984@mastodonapp.uk
This is a general, but non-politics, account covering everything from computer programming to supermarket meal deals; any politics will be taken up by @JdeBP. For #senryu and #SlowLife tasks, see @JdeBP. For the command-line and system tools (including #nosh and #djbwares), specifically, see @JdeBP.
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If you didn't know already:
Don't trust search engines,.
I just had #Bing and #MicrosoftCoPilot generate a fake review of a non-existent movie, about two non-existent characters that are themselves flukes of AI/LLM systems, whose concept only existed in the mind of Charlie Stross.
It gave the movie 4/5 stars and explained why we should probably go to see it.
https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115986501131801942
This is not fantastic futuristic mind-reading technology. This is marketdroid bullshit generation on an industrial scale.
#AIslop #WhenCrungusMetLoab #SearchEngines #marketing #MicrosoftBing #Microsoft
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