Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software

Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by lotsofpulp on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:40AM (#34642500)

The problem is they spam the actual forums themselves.

I assume all those posts such as “what did buy (for less than $x) that you find most useful” are spammers so they can reply with their own products.

And I am sure they are making posts asking for product/restaurant/etc recommendations and then replying to themselves.

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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:58AM (#34642821)

I remember encountering this in LinkedIn groups.

I had joined a few (like The Swift Programming Language), and would see questions like "I have this problem <Detailed description of the issue>, how can I solve it?"

Since (in at least one case) this was a problem I had easily solved, years before, I would provide a detailed, concise, answer, showing how to deal with it in a few lines of code.

My answer would get ignored.

Instead all these replies would show up, saying things like "I added the <XXX Library>, and it solved the problem!". These would get voted up, and the original poster would actually engage them.

After seeing a few of these, I realized that LI groups are dumpster fires, and quit them all.

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