[simianparrot]

Except AI in search is taking away significant traffic from everywhere, and it hits small blogs as well as nonprofits like encyclopaedias the hardest, while misrepresenting and “remixing” the actual content.

I’ve given up on the internet as a place to share my passions and hobbies for the most part, and while LLM’s weren’t the only reason, this current trend is a significant factor. I focus most of my attention on talking directly with people. And yes that does mean the information I share is guaranteed to be lost to time, but I’d rather it be shared in a meaningful manner in the moment than live on in an interpreted zombie form in perpetuity.

[manuelmoreale]

I have a blog. Been writing on that for 7 years. Should I care if AI in search is taking away traffic? If yes, why? I’m not writing for traffic. I write because I enjoy doing it. People find my way mostly thanks to other people linking to my site. And a solid % of traffic comes from RSS anyway.

I think giving up on the web because of AI is the wrong move. You should still create and focus more on connecting with others directly, when online. Get in touch, write emails, sign guestbooks.

I’m personally having great exchanges daily with people from all over via email and that won’t stop because of stupid ChatGPT or whatever.

And don’t get me wrong, it’s awesome to spend more time offline so if you want to do down that path it’s great.

I just don’t think it’s the only solution.

[simianparrot]

The only reason to put things you write online is to make it available to others. If writing simply for my own enjoyment or reference I write in my notebooks, as I do all the time. I never stopped doing that.

[lupire]

No one cares about your content being merged into the LLM slop. No one will notice whether your content is in or out.

So why harm your audience and your own baseline preferences just to spite a system that will never notice the attack?