New dark pattern: Google spam links with [SOLVED] at the start of the title

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35296325
by jtode • 3 years ago
2 2 3 years ago

I just googled an error I'm having with an ESP32 and the top link had [SOLVED] at the start so I clicked it, brainlessly assuming a forum would be at the other end.

It wasn't until I read all the way through a useless tutorial that didn't offer anything useful and hit back that I made the connection of why I had chosen the link.

Basically Google is actively hostile to showing you what you're looking for, now.

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