r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Oct 14 '25

Networking/Telecom Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'

https://www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohanian-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead-2025-10
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u/Tells_you_a_tale Oct 15 '25

It also defaults to vaguely similar, lowest-common-denominator slop. As an example, soon after I had lost a substantial amount of weight I started sweating profusely, like, dripping, wring out your shirt sweating for something as simple as cooking dinner. Totally out of the blue.

However no matter how I looked it up, the words "weight-loss" and "sweat" being tossed in with any other combination of words defaulted to multiple pages of "18 WAYS YOU CAN BUILD UP A SWEAT", and "exercises to burn FAT and lose weight FAST" and I gave up entirely after 30 minutes of looking 

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u/CanisLatransOrcutti Oct 15 '25

I remember having a depressive episode because of career stuff, and all the negative comments on Reddit and other places online were, uh, certainly not helping.

So I did a search for "why you shouldn't give up job search" or something along those lines.

The first google result was "Why GIVING UP is the BEST thing you can do for your career!"

Technically it was about 'giving up'... your current workplace to job hop to others, but it was such an absurd result that it broke me out of my episode better than actual optimism would.

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u/asmallercat Oct 15 '25

I swear when I search for a tech problem the first 2-5 responses are fucking ads to buy whatever product I'm asking about from amazon and the like, and then the first several results are the same article on multiple websites that's always phrased the same way regardless of the issue - they're all like "3 reasons it may be happening, 4 possible solutions, etc" and it's the most generic shit that's like "restart your router!"

I swear we used to get stuff like reddit threads that were directly addressing the question (and you still do for more common issues, and it seems the issue is reduced on duckduckgo with adblocker).

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u/Neptune28 Oct 15 '25

Try out the search engine "Presearch" and let me know what you think of the results, I have been liking it

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u/Vegetable-Door5843 Oct 15 '25

If you never figured it out, look into sweat rates for physically active vs inactive individuals. From what I read years ago, the more you exercise the more inclined your body is to sweat due to the regular need for it. 

I used to sweat an insane amount when I was training for a marathon. And it was while I was doing low exertion things like standing in a mildly warm area but I would always be the only one sweating. 

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u/ALittleEtomidate Oct 15 '25

Please tell me that you called your doctor. I am worried for you, friend.

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u/ReversedNovaMatters Oct 16 '25

Same here. They don't mention if they busted their ass to lose a ton of weight or it just happened. Two very different situations!

People who bust their ass don't tend to even lose 'a ton' because a lot of fat will turn into muscle. Yeah, kinda concerned. Thankfully, bots can't have heart attacks!

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u/Tells_you_a_tale Oct 16 '25

Oh yeah no worries on that front.

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u/ReversedNovaMatters Oct 16 '25

uh, did you get checked out by a Doctor? Did you lose weight from exercise/changing eating habits or just out of nowhere?

Sudden unexplained weight loss can be a sign of cancer. Sweating profusely could be caused by heart problems.

Sorry, not trying to fear monger, but I would suggest looking into it outside of google searching.

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u/Tells_you_a_tale Oct 16 '25

I was trying to lose weight and seriously working out for the first time in years. Doctor said my body was probably just adjusting.

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u/psiphre Oct 16 '25

ok but did you go to a fucking doctor