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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by 7222aafdcf68cfe on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:58AM (#44668564)
What current incentive is left for people to publish on the internet?

Discovery mechanisms are less effective than before, people no longer visit your website, copyright is dead and in the end we're just feeding an insatiable machine with slave labour. Or am I missing something ?

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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by gtsop on Thursday July 24, 2025 @05:35AM (#44668789)
What was the initial incentive for people to publish on the internet before ad revenue was a thing?
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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by righthand on Thursday July 24, 2025 @06:59AM (#44669252)
Information sharing with other humans, not corporations.
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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by quectophoton on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:26AM (#44669437)
Likely with some expectation of receiving attribution for your effort, even if only sometimes.
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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by djeastm on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:20AM (#44669397)
The incentive was often creating a community around a shared interest. Good luck doing that with AI summaries stopping people from visiting the sites.
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