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Re:We didn’t lose control of the Web – it was stolen by squarefoot on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:12AM (#13857476)
"Google's removal of the discussions filter was a big blow to the openness of the web"

This!

With that filter I could name a product and find common people talking about it, now all I find is companies selling the product. This is getting even worse when searching political topics because from mixed people discussing the topic I now find only news sites or biased sources promoting their point.

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Re:We didn’t lose control of the Web – it was stolen by natoliniak on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:15AM (#13858478)
You can use the query below (or something similar) to narrow results to include keywords found in popular discussion boards (modify it to suit your needs):

"dell latitude" inurl:comments|question|forum|viewthread|showthread|viewtopic|showtopic|"index.php?topic" | intext:"answer"|"reading this topic"|"next thread"|"next topic"|"send private message"|"reply"

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Re:We didn’t lose control of the Web – it was stolen by squarefoot on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:43PM (#13860252)
Clever trick. Thanks!
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