Spyke

Would it work with instances without Lemmy in their name (like Beehaw)?

johndroid

Since I left Reddit, I've had a few searches yield very helpful Reddit results. I read them and move on. I'm running an adblocker and I'm not providing value by commenting. I see no problem with this.

nowwhatnapster reply

Can just view Googles cached version (hidden in the 3 ellipses) then you never leave Google.

_MoveSwiftly

Whenever that happens, I take a look at the result and bring it here.

I make a post at the relevant community. If it doesn't exist, I make it. I encourage you to do the same. :)

SteelBeard reply

That's a great idea. I'm on board.

Speff

melly.0x-ia.moe

Can just use the cached version. That's what I've been doing. In and out in 2 seconds

Xanthrax

Copy the link and search an archive; the sub me may be down anyways. Also post your solution here. Be the change you want to see

bill_1992

I know it's a meme, but the way I see it is, giving Reddit a click or two won't really move the needle much.

Really it's about the long-term. If you're on the Fediverse creating content and not on Reddit, eventually those search results will stop pointing at Reddit. That's the real win I think.

Garatron reply

Is there a viable way to google Fediverse content? I’ve not really had any luck with that. Mostly I get only Mastodon content.

Belgdore reply

lemm.ee

Give it time. Reddit has only been the “go-to” for a few years. Before that it was random forums. As the fediverse picks up, it will become the go to. Especially considering a lot of the tech enthusiasts are moving here.

Kastelt

lemmy.blahaj.zone

Parsley reply

And this means we're not giving them clicks or anything? It's basically as if we've never visited in the first place?

I get that "no ads no tracking", but does the proxy give them a view? I don't want them to get any traffic from me, proxy or otherwise.

Thanks for sharing

Kastelt reply

lemmy.blahaj.zone

glibg10b

This automatically redirects Reddit links to their archived versions

glibg10b reply

There's also this, one for Firefox, but if you use Firefox on Android, you'll need to get Firefox Nightly (Google Play)

wreckage reply

Or this if you use F-droid.

It's based on Firefox and allows you to install addons without using the Nightly version

BrewJajaja reply

Does that work with Mull?

wreckage reply

Yes. Just like with Fennec F-Droid and Firefox Nightly, you can install any extension by following these steps: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/10/01/you-can-now-install-any-add-on-in-firefox-nightly-for-android-but-it-is-complicated/

DonnieNarco

I get this all the time now....hopefully we can start getting our answers from Lemmy instances soon!

JesusTheCarpenter

It's this actually true though? I always had to add Reddit at the end of the search query as it always gave me some shit websites as sources otherwise.

tookmyname

Reddit has become yahoo answers to me. Not a place I browse

Hazen

Use googles cached option.

sharan

If I need info, and info is there, I click.

Theactuallynx reply

mastodon.nz

@sharan @Lemmyin if you need the info you could always use a cached version of the site on internet archive or the Google search cache, that way you’re not directing any traffic to Reddit and you still get all the info

sharan reply

The fact that I'm here shows what I believe in, but I'm too old to be disturbed by the fact Reddit gets an occasional click from me.

whyNotSquirrel reply

sh.itjust.works

but then it went private

SickIcarus reply

sh.itjust.works

Same. There’s a massive difference in clicking for info, and clicking for entertainment.

kraken

lemm.ee

You could ask lemmy! :D

Dunkin

True this, I had an issue using the duckstation emulator and then googled and the whole first page of search hits were reddit posts to a blacked out sub. Grrr.

hlqxz

memchr

// ==UserScript==
// @name        archive.org link
// @include     *://*.google*/search*
// @include     *://*
// @exclude     *://*.archive.org*
// @exclude     *://archive.org*
// @grant       none
// @version     1.0
// @author      memchr
// @description 6/15/2023, 6:57:32 AM
// ==/UserScript==
function get_archive_href(href) {
  return "https://web.archive.org/web/" + href.replace(/^https?:\/\/www\.reddit\.com/, "https://old.reddit.com")
}

if (window.location.hostname.match(/^(\w*\.)?google.*$/)) { // google
  const results = document.querySelectorAll('div.yuRUbf > a');
  results.forEach(e => {
    let href = e.getAttribute('href');
    href = get_archive_href(href);
    let archive_link = document.createElement('a');
    archive_link.href = href;
    archive_link.textContent = "archive";
    archive_link.style.marginLeft = "10px";
    e.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", archive_link);
  })
} else if (!window.location.hostname.match(/(localhost$|^(127|192|10)\.)/)) {
  const href = get_archive_href(location.href);
  document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
    if (event.ctrlKey && event.altKey && event.key === 'a') {
      window.location.href = href;
    }
  });
}

press shift+ctrl+A or click on archive if you use google.

msdos622 reply

Nice try. I’ve seen TV shows. This is to get into the C.I.A. workframe mastercode :)

Seriously tho, where do I put this?

memchr reply

user script manager like this one

snarfvsmaximvs reply

For anyone wondering, this is a tampermonkey/violentmonkey script.

JWBananas

startrek.website

Surely someone has already written a browser extension to automatically redirect reddit links to archive.[org|is]

but does the link work? it might not. might be private, might have got deleted. i know mine did.

I've seen posts saying is the right thing to just modify your posts so people can still find the content. i suspect those ideas are well liked by Reddit admins. f that. nuke it from orbit. it's the only way.

msdos622 reply

For my part I'm trying not to generate traffic at all on the site. I feel quite powerless in this mess, and my clicks are all the little power I have. Maybe I'm paranoid but if Reddit leadership continues seeing traffic coming in on the site without people accessing the content and, more importantly, their ads, I fear they'll start to "demod" the current mods and install moderators more aligned with their "policies".

Henry

lemmy.zip

turn_to_follow

I finished watching Beau Is Afraid and immediately looked up the reddit reaction to make sure I wasn't nuts thinking it was awful.

I do that with lots of movies tbh, reddit had kinda taken over the imdb forums. Waiting to see if kbin has the same effect.

Beau is afraid fucking sucks btw

ultimate_question reply

You should post your Beau opinion on ![email protected], I think since the movie sub is trying to keep its users on reddit it's been slow to get movie discussion going here lol

meat_popsicle reply

That sucks to hear. Joaquin Phoenix is great in practically everything and Ari Aster crushed it with Hereditary.

Maybe it’s a movie that works better on paper than celluloid.

turn_to_follow reply

The first third is cool and interesting. But jfc we don't need a three hour movie of pretentious jerking off of Ari Aster's mother issues.

Total misfire imo. It's like he wanted to ape charlie Kaufman's neurosis without putting in the work of writing a cogent screenplay.

/end rant

linoor reply