I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed it. It looks like Kagi has added Fediverse Forums as a default Web search option.

      • sinceasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        28 days ago

        I tend to be suspicious of any brand name dropping. It’s where most reddit advertising happens too.

        https://old.reddit.com/r/SocialMediaMarketing/comments/1edu8u6/commenting_as_a_social_media_strategy/

        The only factors keeping guerilla advertising off Lemmy are its relative obscurity and maybe association with less advertising-friendly instances (which afaik are mostly defederated from the biggest instances). We aren’t immune to astroturfing by a longshot.

        In the case of Kagi, the degooglers are basically their market. Here is probably one of the best places to reach an audience since it’s basically people fleeing similar tech bro overreach from reddit.

        I think Kagi is fine btw but I also think knowing that we’re just as if not more susceptible to this kind of marketing is important to keep in mind for the health of the fediverse.

        • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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          28 days ago

          Fair point, I think I agree. Just makes me feel ever so slightly called out for mentioning them frequently myself, though it’s pretty clear you’re not talking about regular users giving honest feedback so that’s more a “me” problem

      • sinceasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        29 days ago

        I mean the idea is to appear organic, it’s not very effective advertising otherwise. It’s free real estate there is no reason they would not be doing it.

          • sinceasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            28 days ago

            Not trying to say there is no organic discussion, but I would be shocked if they were ignoring this avenue for getting the word out. It’s basically free advertising and advertising is generally expensive.

            • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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              28 days ago

              If they aren’t paying anyone is it advertising? I’m not sure what you’re actually talking about anymore. Maybe I never did