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by pascalxus 2625 days ago
For nutrition, there's a ton of really bad clow quality half true content that ranks really well in Google because people spend time and engage with that content
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And it's all garbage whose authors and publishers deserve a special place in hell, for propagating bullshit that's occasionally dangerous to health, often wastes money, and it's a drag when dealing with friends and family members who end up believing it.

Not just in nutrition - in pretty much everything pertaining things common to all humans - health, cooking, childbirth, etc., the search results are dominated by information-free garbage that wastes a lot of time for people seeking information.

I'm sure a lot of anti-vax content has excellent engagement metrics, too.