A massive underestimation
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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90%? Could be selection bias. I think, the result would be a different one if users would have been asked to in the Google AI tab.
You need to fetch users from different places for your sample to get more meaningful results.
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Is this from the "poll" where you could click "Yes AI" or "No AI" without any further context or explanation on what the question even implies. Yes the marketing stunt works but that's not a poll one should cite.
Don't get me wrong, I really don't want AI slop in my results but this "poll" is just marketing.
Yes! It's completely silly. A 'poll' designed exactly for the people that want a noai option, to be shared in places like this so those people (like me) can get the tiny satisfaction of hitting No.
They were never wondering what the result would be, they were never trying to gauge their userbase's preferences. It's just a page they thought people would share to spread awareness of DDG.
It's the one where I clicked "No AI" and the results page thanked me for voting yes!
and 45% of those respondents were A.I.
that was why i started using ddg
I wonder what percentage of Lemmy users are absolutely sick of seeing variations of the exact same thing, over, and over, and over, and fucking over again.