the current state of search engines (music video)

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[@boredpreston]

It's completely broken now. Sometimes I can't even find the "images" tab because it changes places every search.

[@909crime]

Omg I HATE THAT AAAA

[@monochromeink.]

right??

[@animatedamons470]

It's so annoying that I always include 'images' if I'm actually looking for images cause that tab is just never there😅

[@dillydally_rain2317]

oh my god, right? And life is too short to try and find it

[@3Diana]

how many times i clicked on maps accidentally xD

[@Lexthefazworker]

Google removing ”don’t be evil” from it’s code of conduct is solid evidence of where the company is going

[@dragonofepics7324]

Theres also also a great book by the same name about how that happened by Rana Foroohar. Highly reccomend.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

The fact that it was in there in the first place was very dubious.

[@quazar-omega]

Since how old that change is, it's more like where the company has successfully got to

[@JonesCrimson]

@@quazar-omega Honestly with how forceful they are with location tracking, targeted ads, and overly-curated recommendations, it really feels like people have fully become their product against their wills. Doesn't help at all that Google is 1 of only 2 smartphone firmware makers.

[@TorMatthews]

They're tyring to DRM the internet now. They're pure evil.

[@stoptfg295]

It's amazing how the internet is basically three companies now but is somehow less navigable. Consolidation is the ultimate evil.

[@jaschabull2365]

Yeah, because consolidation means monopoly, and monopoly means no reason to try to retain customers, because where else are they going to go?

[@Alpine_flo92002]

@@jaschabull2365 While I get where you are coming from its not qutie correct in this case. The datasets are becoming WAY too huge and corrupted due to all of the "fake sites" popping up and spamming the system...and ofcourse the whole censorship and promoted propaganda thats going on

[@wizard_pirate_9085]

​@@jaschabull2365wish we didnt have an economic system that encourages that

[@jaschabull2365]

@@wizard_pirate_9085 Saaaaame.

[@jaschabull2365]

@@Nel16 Yeah, true. Though in terms of search engines, it seems pretty safe to say Google's got a full monopoly, other search engines exist, but none have usage even close to Google's.

[@stackflow343]

When I use quotes and still see results that say stuff like "does not include -term- : must include _term_ " or whatever bullshit it makes me want to scream.

[@jezusbloodie]

Qoutation marks to explicitly look for that and only that have become functually utterly useless to me. It just dosn't work no more, either giving me results with words or entire paragraphs inbetween the terms or giving me results with synoniems

[@annana6098]

This is the thing that drives me nuts more than anything else. I can actually still find answers on Google, but when I'm trying to find car parts for my "Buick Lacrosse" NO I DON'T WANT A HONDA WATER PUMP, I'M NEVER GOING TO BUY THAT, IT'S NOT A LEGITIMATE SUBSTITUTE. It's so flipping infuriating because there's zero chance I will purchase the promoted items--it's not a case of making it look more attractive, or giving me a better price--the price could be zero and I still wouldn't want parts that do not fit my car. They have zero chance of making a sale this way unless they trip me up and trick me into buying it by spamming it at me. It's moronic. And it just keeps happening. Meanwhile, Google can generally find answers to my computer questions reasonably fast.

[@Triplicata]

Oh god I thought this was an apology video for a second...

[@bbbroodatscool]

🎵Hey... it's been a while since you saw my face...🎵

[@whoknows4780]

Ukeleles have been disgraced.

[@Hexamus]

People have been saying a few weird things about me lately...

[@____thecommenter1569]

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[@savannahXYZ]

I apologize for nothing

[@CloudBomb3r]

the irony is that adding "reddit" at the end no longer works in most cases because reddit subreddit communities are still privated for the strike

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

I feel like we are reaching the "all current system are becoming obsolete" stage that technology filters through, like a lot of the old stuff is either becoming redundant, obsolete, unusable or dysfunctional

[@alita8900]

I'm convinced some subreddits just used the strike as an excuse to be privated forever.

[@electricfeverx976]

Last I checked, most big subs folded because Reddit said they'll ban mods and "certain mods" didn't want to lose their privilege and unprivated.

[@ApotheosisStone]

@@alita8900 I mean Reddit didn't give in. In fact they forced the mods out of popular subs and reopened them. Imagine you were working on a passion project free of charge for years and then some company that was already profiting off your free labor just stole your projected away because they wanted more money. You'd be pissed too,

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

@@electricfeverx976 could you elaborate on "certain mods"?

[@imjust_a]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I keep telling my friends that Google doesn't show me things *I* want to see anymore, but rather things *it* wants me to see. I feel like they look at me like I'm some kind of conspiracy theorist! Resolving tech issues used to be so easy, but now I get the same 25 copy-pasted articles from their "preferred" websites, none of which tell me the answers I'm actually looking for!

[@falstad7711]

Now this is an example I can get behind and understand. I honestly didn't understand how Google wasn't working? 😂

[@Failzz8]

@@falstad7711I can't even find the same shit I clearly remember already googling and finding easily 2 years ago. I go through like 2 pages of google and then it stops showing me anything as if that was all there was on the entire internet about thing. Then I have to go to yandex or yahoo or some crap and sift through even more shit but at least usually at least I find the website I was looking for there at some point. Google used to be so good, now it's borderline useless, it's a shame and very annoying. At least you can still find some nice wallpapers with the image search.

[@charlx8979]

"but rather things it wants me to see. " THIS, ONE MILLION TIMES THIS! when i search a specific browser issue i dont want to see how to fix an issue FOR GOD DAMN GOOGLE CHROME OR SAFARI WICH I AM NOT SEARCHING ABOUT google treats you like a baby, it shows you what it thinks you meant not what you actually searched for. it assumes you are a stupid baby looking for basic faq shit for basic bitch apps, not the niche specific issue i have for a niche specific app im actually using that i am actually searching for. specific search terms mean nothing, itll ignore all the actual words in your search to feed you basic how to articles for more popular apps im not even asking about.

[@improvedalpaca3294]

And somehow Microsoft has the worst help forums in the world despite being some of the most ubiquitous products

[@nothanks9503]

We are all susceptible to propaganda

[@Greenpoptartover9000]

I had the same exact thoughts. I just started adding “reddit” to my searches recently as just an after thought to find real folks fixing problems & didn’t even realize in the moment that this is a good sign that google is busted.

[@gene8447]

Yeah, for me it started with magic the gathering cards because I wanted to see what people thought of them and how they combo'd them. Then I just started doing that for everything. I didn't even think about how the first page is 90% SPONSORED SCAMS NOW.

[@403_Forbidden]

Man, the "adding reddit at the end to see content from humans" line really hit the nail on the head for how shit google is now. I honestly didn't know i wasn't the only one who did that.

[@Cdoddsy]

I thought I was the only one doing this.

[@lyosha2925]

I was wondering how everyone else could manage their search, guess they don't either.. xD Google nowadays reminds me of the time I learned to use a dictionary. Except that now the word's description is filled with ads & misinformation, or there's just no description. Even now looking at google image results gives out a load of AI generated pictures that I DO NOT care to see.

[@Charlakin]

@@lyosha2925 Or articles and blogs that are pretty much spam and filled with filler content. It makes my mind melt. At least Chat GPT can be straightforward and comprehensible, even when it does spew misinformation; it's my personal choice when no forums appear for my specific inquiries.

[@LivvieLynn]

@@Cdoddsy Same. Apparently it's pretty common. Even Ryan George had it in a skit.

[@Makofueled]

Ha glad it's not just me. And I wouldn't have relied on reddit before if you paid me, but results are so drowned behind basically ads and AI articles now...

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

All it takes to stop a bad girl with a ukulele is a good girl with a ukulele.

[@PoshBeard]

What

[@Kokorocodon]

@@PoshBeard did he stutter?

[@jrcharneycom]

Or an Electric Guitar.

[@AttacMage]

@@PoshBeard something about apology videos?

[@Rune3D]

I support the right to bear ukuleles! o7

[@queenchaosyet]

Bold of you to post this to KZbin, who is ran by google. I respect that immensely you stick it to ‘em!

[@savannahXYZ]

if I disappear, you know what happened to me

[@istoppedcaring6209]

@@savannahXYZ eaten by one of your 2.5 cats, such a sad ending

[@Kleberei]

! @savannahXYZ No but I will google it

[@Dav-jj2jb]

It's not Google, it's the whole internet. A big pilling mess. It's also increasingly more complex with "never finished", ambiguous regional data protection laws.

[@TheFreckelz]

Seriously Reddit is the only place I can consistently find human-made answers to queries. I wonder what will replace Google now that the algorithm is broken and advertisements take up top results.

[@EggPlanet492]

I wouldn’t even count on that anymore. There’s growing concerns that more and more of Reddit is astroturfed or gets content and comments from bots.

[@rainbowdiamond7689]

quora is amazing for this purpose!

[@zackanderson7440]

@@rainbowdiamond7689 their starting to use A.I too though.

[@rhysastewart796]

ironically enough i've consistently gotten better results from bing for years. DDG and Qwant are nice too.

[@eoincampbell1584]

@@rainbowdiamond7689 I used Quora once and then they emailed me every day for 2 years straight and it was difficult to get them to stop. Never again.

[@thestreamingone8885]

This must have taken forever to animate. Kudos to you for sticking to it. It's relatable and amazing.

[@ARandomEliatrope]

she has quite alot of pre-made renders for her character, her style is really well done because alot of the texture is just slapped over and the models are simplistic yet so full of life, i love it so much lol

[@sonnyobrien]

@@ARandomEliatrope its crap

[@cyberpxl]

@@sonnyobrienyour crap

[@Zalagath]

@@sonnyobrien unnecesary comment. Congrats!

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

@@sonnyobrien cool bait bro!

[@jitspoe]

What's worse is all the other search engines started copying google, and now NONE of them work. You used to be able to type words into some of them and get websites that contained those words. Not so much these days.

[@DR---]

They aren't just copying Google. Most search engines use either Google or bing to generate search results. So there are basically just two search engines.

[@themistermaniacal]

For awhile after the introduction of voice assistant googles search was actually incredible. like you could give it long winded esoteric conversational structured questions instead of normal search queries and actually get results. Like it got to a point where i was trying to break it and being intentionally obtuse or goofy and shit would still work. Then they lobotomized it and made it a yellow pages advertisement board where the whole first page is promoted results

[@deejaykbo]

Last week savanah was just chilling in blender discord while making this vid. I gotta say most grounded and funny person had a blast chatting and making jokes keep it up dude !!

[@savannahXYZ]

discord fam!! thanks for the watch and the kind words :) hope to see you around again sometime!

[@V_Deity]

​@@savannahXYZas if we aren't in your walls 😅

[@TheRealAdachi]

@@savannahXYZI’m definitely in your walls

[@verulu]

@@savannahXYZ tear down your drywall

[@Blueberry_Shortcake01]

@@V_Deitytheir in the wallsss, THEIR IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS!

[@mafiacat88]

I was on board for this the whole way, but the "reddit" bit really hit me like a truck. Recently I found out how much I relied on it, when the whole reddit strike happened, and suddenly google was a hundred times more annoying to use, with every site being bots or garbage

[@mikethehero2]

It's crazy how much of the information I'm getting are based of reddit comments 💀

[@quazar-omega]

I mean, at least you can see the cached pages on Google

[@Strawation]

and half the time, i need the reddit comments because Windows, Google, some other big company in charge of the software's forums, do not have anyone giving actual information other than the usual bs and "I'm not working for them but I'll only cite the official help guidelines at you" attitude

[@hughjazz5608]

@@Strawation true, also since it doesn't rank the replies, one has to sift through endless garbage replies to find anything resembling an actual solution

[@fuki98]

EXACTLY. Reddit was always the site that had the good answers. @@Strawation

[@dimitriisov1262]

I have a whole folder on my phone of searches that Google can't make because people don't believe me, there are basic facts that it gets wrong because it's a popularity engine not a sophisticated search engine

[@brunch_bunny]

Google been real quiet since this dropped

[@TheGeekRex]

I'm so glad more and more people are talking about this. When I pointed this out to people years ago they acted like I was crazy. You really can't get any real, helpful information anymore without adding "Reddit" to the end, and that's massively hit or miss too. I looked up "cowboy hat" for drawing reference once, and even with ad blockers enabled, there were four entire pages full of nothing but ads to buy cowboy hats before the first real result showed up (the Wikipedia article). It's like they secretly add "I want to buy ___" to every search you make.

[@uponeric36]

I'll never forget when I googled "Sin guilty gear flag" and all the results were anything but his flag

[@SudoBurger]

And then you try to wrap it in quotes, and Google's like "Naaah, I think you meant this other stuff anyway."

[@uponeric36]

@@SudoBurger minus (-) qualifies on searches to eliminate wrong results used to work but they don't consistently anymore... It's impressive they managed to fuck up a basic blacklist

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

"Cowboy hat" gives me pictures of cowboy hats immediately. Many of them come from shopping sites, because cowboy hats are a product. This doesn't happen if you're searching for, let's say, toenail.

[@LeavingGoose046]

Though even if you're looking for things to shop for you're never finding what you're looking for

[@JandroAlem]

No search engine would ever allow me to comprehend the amount of work and effort you put into each one of your videos. This is incredible, and I hope you're proud of the work you put into it as much as everyone else is.

[@sonnyobrien]

Shutup

[@ralek592]

@@sonnyobrien no u bikh

[@sonnyobrien]

@@ralek592 no u

[@Feasco]

​@@sonnyobrienwere you not hugged enough as a child, is that where this bizarre level of hostility is coming from

[@sonnyobrien]

@@Feasco it comes from not enjoying the comment. I didnt like it, so I told him to shutup. Not sure why you want an explanation.

[@LukeLantern]

You're voice is so beautiful and ethereal, please bless us with more content like this. 💚☕️

[@savannahXYZ]

awww thank you, Luke! I'd love to do more og music content!

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

"You are voice is so beautiful..." Thats what you just said. And of course I'm the asshole for pointing out grammar we should've learned in 2nd grade.

[@bretvannordstrand3726]

@@frauleinhohenzollern8442 not everyone uses english as a first language, different socioeconomic areas have different levels of education. on the internet, yes, you are the asshole for pointing out grammar. whether intentional or not, it's a bit classist don't you think? everyone knows what he means, the intent is clear.

[@Argidisparken]

correct on both accounts. @@frauleinhohenzollern8442

[@BoatmayneThaUnsinkable]

@@frauleinhohenzollern8442🤓🤓🤓

[@pinguspringus8356]

My guy, you have a beautiful voice and a great talent for animating and unique art style. I wish you all the best and hope you get the recognition you deserve

[@savannahXYZ]

thanks so much for the kind words ❤ I hope you enjoyed watching :D

[@Blueberry_Shortcake01]

The Reddit line is so relatable. Imagine trying to search for anything related to blender without putting Reddit at the start of the search

[@murmurghle]

Too bad reddit is on its way out too. the company is getting worse by the day for a long time

[@xadadax5014]

@@murmurghleonce people inevitably abandon Reddit I’ll just add all the new forum based substitutes that pop up. Maybe I’ll even make a custom filter that only shows results from those sites. It sucks but forums are the only way to get something that resembles useful info right now.

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

Blender isn't too bad because Blenderartists and the blender stack exchange are quite helpful

[@CMSonYT]

​@@murmurghle Reddit used to be ex-diggers and 4chan /b/ refugees, it used to be about memes and cats...kind of like a ripoff of 4chan. That ain't nothing like the reddit is now. Reddit's been changing for a very long time, and as a long-time redditor I can tell you it's only gotten worse over time.

[@c.dl.4274]

chatgpt works for most things now. Though its plethora of updates neutering its responses is making it worse

[@autumnproblem]

she's right, if you ask me to look something up expect a straight answer in 3 hours, because I have to search for an actual answer after looking it up

[@ChipDrewPog]

There's also the sheer amount of ads, you either use something like Opera GX or the first 5 results of every query are scams trying to trick you into thinking they're the site you're looking for so you give them your account details, not to mention Reddit slowly killing itself means that the years of actual human-made content begins shrinking

[@gabrielfernandez4503]

Good to know is not only my feeling. KZbin is even worst. Just shows 3 videos "related" with your search, then 3 "that you might like (not related at all with the search)" and the rest of the pages are not related to search but the algorithm wants you to catch you and keep you in.

[@maxmustsleep]

super impressive! i also absolutely hate youtube search nowadays. it only shows like 5 suggestions and afterwards it's dozens of other recommendations, trending / for you stuff and videos you've already watched. wtf youtube?

[@SlyBalto]

IKR? I dunno why they're doing that, if I wanted to watch stuff that's suggested for me I'd just go to the home page...???

[@cameronwilsey9334]

And there's at least two ads first

[@NSMITH8516]

@@cameronwilsey9334 some times three cause they'll repeat an ad

[@Clinohumite]

true

[@iceneko9170]

ill never understand this change. makes it nearly impossible to find something you dont know, when combined with google becoming increasingly ass.

[@mistermuse9543]

literally just a couple of hours ago i was having an issue in unity and i tried to google it, and the results were so far from what i googled that i just went "yeah its not gonna bring me what i want" and closed the tab. and like, i search by keywords, with quotes, exclusions, etc. so i'm not just boomer-ing it. google has become tangibly shittier and failed me more and more often recently lmfao. lovely singing and animation as always!

[@callmecharlie4250]

exclusions seem to simply not exclude for me anymore. 🙃

[@Dappis]

I know people shit on AI but i occasionally use the Bing AI for programming/modelling stuff if i'm not finding what i need and it's relatively competent

[@austingoyne3039]

It’s literally jaw-dropping sometimes how inappropriate the results are. You’re thinking “there’s just no way the biggest search engine is utterly useless, must be my search” and you revise your search only to get… the exact same results. It’s surreal what Google has become.

[@guillermoelnino]

Other than google maps i havent touched google in years. Not that other search engines are mich better, but their better non thr less.

[@caitsithlearns]

@@Dappis I do the same sometimes, and it's sad that AI is better at this than the search results from Google.

[@Master-GX0]

Oh ny God, this is my literal reaction after hearing 1:54 I was like "google is still useful" but deep down I know is not longer the same and indeed now I have to always put Reddit at the end of everything I ask for learning or finding the real way of things, the human experience and not some web article full of ads with redundant texts trying to convince me about stuff they're paid to promote, it's true, Google doesn't work anymore.

[@Star_1984]

I swear every time i want to as something even mildly specific "Hey google what was invented in 1972?" "In 2012 this random thing was *invented* by a guy... ...In *1972* he and his children met at a bar to talk about bussiness"

[@hectortellezgarcia1155]

The sound at 1:35 really fooled me. I was like "fuck, I activated the goddamn google assistant on accident again"

[@savannahXYZ]

💀

[@liamwartz]

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[@firetwooles13]

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[@ivanvillarreal8961]

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[@angel0games283]

💀

[@ayonixanimations]

The hilarious part is that during the first and second verse I went "Hm yeah, I usually just get all my answers from Reddit now, even if google pointed me to it." and then the lyrics mentioned adding reddit to the search X'D I feel this. I occasionally rant to my partner about googling something and it comes up with wording I did not put as a result. An example of this is when I was looking for anime where the main character is a cat, like a literal cat (I was extremely high at the time) and I googled "Anime where the main character is a cat" and not only did no results actually help me past the first page (too high to continue), the first result said "15 most memorable anime cats" and the second was "10 anime characters who can transform into cats". I did not say that google. Where is the "main" part. I don't want to know about cats who appear in 1 episode in a 600 episodic series, I don't care.

[@Weremole]

That's Search Engine Optimization for you. Flood the internet with garbage content like listicles or retyped wiki articles, optimize it to appear as early in the search as you can so you can collect on ad revenue and user data.

[@grain9640]

I did some SEO stuff once and it made me feel like a bad person. Pretty much the only SEO I will do is going the extra mile for accessibility, but I do it properly to help visually impaired people, and it has the added benefit of boosting SEO. Usually. A lot of ppl don't adhere to disability web standards because they are care about ppl with disability, it's because it makes robots have an easier time parsing and ranking your website if everything has it's proper alt text and many other stuff, haha :( MAN I HATE LISTICLES WHY DO THEY RANK SO HIGH AHHHHHHHHHhhhhh

[@merry_ryan]

I imagine your partner was sent this?

[@ayonixanimations]

@@merry_ryan Oh shit no, I forgot X'D Totally sending it now lmfao thanks for the reminder.

[@Edward-Hunt]

did you end up finding it?

[@Korpsmen]

I swear google would give you an article about “when was gum invented” *I JUST WANT THE DATE*

[@Evil_babies]

Nein

[@ThePlaterHater]

Image searching was my best way to find things, and google broke it a few months ago.

[@Xenodyne]

I remember when you could phonetically type a hum of a song beat into Google and sometimes get results. Nowadays it's just garabage. Everyone just needs to revolt and go after these executives pushing everything toward constant enshittification in pursuit of the unrealistic goal of infinite growth year-over-year. Preferably with torches and pitchforks. Great job :)

[@Drynywyn]

In defense of google (hate that I'm saying that) this isn't a problem that can be solved just by going after Google executives. Google- any major search engine, really- is trapped in an arms race with sellers of products and/or content trying desperately to determine how Google searches the internet in order to game the system and appear on as many searches as they can. Google has become more beholden to advertisers, but at the same time, the internet has become increasingly difficult to search through. The only solution is to communize the internet

[@CarlosBunn]

Who would have thought that all companies applying SEO would mess up with the search engines

[@KyriosHeptagrammaton]

I remember reading tips about it back in 2011 or so and every advice guru type swearing you need SEO for your website. And it felt so shallow and false, and look where it led.

[@crestofscribbles8761]

SEO is fine, but he problem is the SEO factors google is actively ranking higher are meaningless and produce trash. It's Google's own fault.

[@Apoc2K]

The amount of traffic you get on Google tends to drop of exponentially after position 1. Getting traffic to your page is pretty important for websites, so naturally they'd be employing tactics that optimises this traffic flow. The problem is that Google's been cultivating this atmosphere of competition for so long that websites are now built for SEO first and users second. That's why the content served sucks - it's not meant for people, its for tricking search engines into thinking they found an answer to your query.

[@improvedalpaca3294]

​@@Apoc2Kimagine that, a product ruined by purely financial motivations

[@puppieslovies]

@@crestofscribbles8761 it's a mathematical problem. there is no method of ranking results which cannot be exploited by sites that put in more work to boost themselves with AI generated content, it will get even worse, as AI will be able to outcompete any human doing optimization, and smaller projects made by individuals will always fall behind corporate ad garbage in a sense, it is google's creation, but it also can't exactly be undone. the web is just very monetized

[@dallineggperson]

The removal of reverse image searching is actually criminal. It's blatant they don't have the interest of what's best for users

[@ICTman]

It's still there tho 🤨

[@-alexanderhosch-4828]

What a wonderful encapsulation of how I have been feeling about using search engines nowadays.

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Wow, you even animated you looking at your own chords. That’s absolutely brilliant.

[@andreascool]

i really hope production for this video started AFTER the "hi." incident

[@savannahXYZ]

it was before the reddit strike, before the titan submersible AND before the ukelele apology -- current events are trying to destroy my content but that's my job

[@MrTexaspreacher]

@@savannahXYZ what the hell is the "ukulele apology"?

[@amarujuancoiz4287]

@@MrTexaspreacher google it edit: nvm

[@amarujuancoiz4287]

​@@MrTexaspreacher Colleen Ballinger posted a 10-minute ukulele apology video in response to allegations that she engaged in inappropriate relationships with underage fans.

[@XFanmarX]

"...to read content made by humans" Nailed it with that line. Big oof.

[@hannahbowman259]

The fact that I was looking for a completely different video of yours, but this was the first result (and I couldn't find the video I actually wanted anywhere in the search results).... that is a type of poetic irony so heavy-handed that if someone had written it they would be ridiculed

[@limitedmobro]

babe wake up, new savannahXYZ video just dropped

[@ItsCamNYAN]

This video is the redeemer the ukelele needed.

[@DolusVulpes]

why did the ukulele need to be redeemed? what crimes has it committed?

[@YayaFeiLong]

@@DolusVulpes No crime of its own, but association with a certain "apology" video

[@dr.redacted_]

@@DolusVulpes a certain hoe using the innocent ukelele for its dastardly deeds

[@kiriki4558]

Maybe stop memeing the same polemic over and over would do a better job

[@Diamondsigmaspaceb]

@@DolusVulpesit was in an awful person’s apology video and was used in their little “apology” song

[@CartoonInCups]

at 1:20 I didn't expect it, but it's rly cool how well animated you did this!!

[@brianmoffatt2298]

KZbin search is just as bad if not worse. You can look up the exact title of the video and not find it. It's infuriating. You can look up channels and instead find news videos about unrelated people and events. I hate it

[@MrAlquimista666]

It's impressive how well she can play the guitar considering she only has an index finger and a stump of a hand

[@SquishyMelon420]

Technically, it’s a ukulele, but yeah

[@michaelscalia7080]

I was half-expecting another homage to Bo Burnham, but this was excellent all the same. Your animations are always a delight.

[@Rykoshet]

"yes i know about the quotes and the OR, it's all ass" is such a fucking vibe lol

[@thegooseshow2691]

youtubes search engine is also broken as hell they have made it impossible to find any videos before the year 2018

[@dianeOHsaur]

holy shit, an awesome 3D animation and creative singing. What more can a subscriber want from this channel :O

[@MLDhater]

Okay adding "reddit" to every search hit me so damn hard lol. Only way

[@felisazure1820]

As a writer, THANK YOU! It takes forever to actually find the answer to the research I am looking for, and I have to input the questions worded a million ways before getting what I need. Often times I need to use the links other sites use to find anything.

[@Stolasupremecy]

Gooogles "radiostatic hazbin hotel" *finds some images* Tumblr:*heres a bunch*

[@koboldcatgirl]

okay yeah I think we got it. don't you worry, ma'am. we've got plenty of AI-written Top Ten lists of best car *engines* *currently* for sale in your *state.* happy to help!

[@TwoPairSA]

When the video started I was just like, "what a cute song!" I was not prepared for the 3rd act twist.

[@ptitemoi]

Here's the song's lyrics: - Verse 1: Remember the days When we used to say, "Google it" And the answer I was looking for Would be right there, first result I've tried so many queries So I've got a new theory There's so many pages But I don't have the patience - Chorus: Google, doen't work anymore I've tried to search For what I need I'm still looking for Yes, I know about the quotes I know about the dash, and "OR" It's all ass. Google, doen't work anymore - Verse 2: I am from the future I've come bearing a message for your time That Google would become the thing It sought to destroy Yahoo-oh oh-oh Oh-oh, Yahoo-oh They passed on buying them (twice) Sold their soul to the advertisers The prophecy is true, that - Chorus: Google doesn't work anymore That ship has sailed We're lost at sea So all aboard I have to add the word "Reddit" To every goddamn search to read Content made by humans - Outro: Google doesn't work Anymore... ;-; As for the chords: C - E7 - F - Fm

[@KeepingItcool-hk3wi]

W person but damn you didnt need to but that much effort in it 😭

[@ptitemoi]

@@KeepingItcool-hk3wi I searched so long for lyrics and chords and literally couldn't find anything... so... here you go!

[@KeepingItcool-hk3wi]

@@ptitemoi jeez, massive respect to you.

[@hazeldavis3176]

the little headtilt on 'it's all ass' is a really nice touch!

[@CaloricLeader9Productions]

This is by far the greatest/strangest video I have seen this year. And it combines three of my favorite things. Apologies, space and Clay Animation.❤️👍🏻👊🏻

[@alilywhodraws8597]

i love how you put finger-print textures on the furniture and other set pieces!! makes it look hand-made!

[@alexpufahl7484]

Well, I would recommend Ecosia, I find the search engine works fine. On a relevant note, what a beautifully sung song and animated art piece!

[@umutcantacer7271]

The difference between the other "recent Ukelele performance on KZbin" and this is night and day. SavannahXYZ I love you, so make an album already god damn it!

[@Cartoonicus]

They don't want you to find what you need, anymore. They want you to find what is best for their marketing needs.

[@Alecations]

TBH I thought I was the only one with issues with search engines lately.

[@naomisoltesz9890]

Felt that way too trying to search for some specific health issues I have and getting results that barely resembled the question. Extremely infuriating, glad it's getting talked about at least.

[@Alecations]

@@naomisoltesz9890 If I look up historical facts I get recent and biased historical tabloids and I can’t filter them out even when I specifically filter them oit.

[@DrownedLamp]

Googling in the 2010s: if ur really desperate u go to the 2nd page Googling in 2030: So we've introduced endless scroll to ur search results

[@wizbang529]

it scares me that my parents and so many older people i know do not realize anything has changed or that they are being advertised to

[@cff00551]

This gives me big Bo Burnham vibes.

[@gnarlyvic]

So I used to work for a few [adultswim] studios and watch your content because your stuff speaks directly to creatives in ways that are refreshing and delightful, even when the topics are depressing or full of frustration like this. And after this wonderful piece, I want to see your take on the current zombification of the internet too. I do believe we can fight back this corruption and its going to take content creators to visualize (and therefore materialize) this fast coming fight. Take care and keep on truckin' Savannah.

[@farnregen]

What ya mwan with zombiefication?

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

@@farnregen I assume they're referring to either how the internet has basically split into single minded bubbles/echo chambers (like a group of zombies shambling after a single thought), or that a lot of stuff that has traction on the internet at this point does so entirely from inertia rather than current merit (which also could be a zombie parallel)... Buuut I could be wrong.

[@farnregen]

@@thaddeusgenhelm8979 isn't that a bit of human nature (to be in a bubble atleast, community, connection)? I mean, if you life in a village without any connection to an outside world, u are kinda too in a bubble with same minded people or not? Soo idkk... Okay the internet is wide and the village is a little thing nobody knows about... But it's weird to call it zombie stuff

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

@@farnregen I guess the difference is here is that, in your village, your exposure to the beliefs/opinions on others is based on the other people you have to, you know, co-exist with, while on the internet the issue with the bubbles is that the opinions you end up interacting with are just the ones that already agree with you. If your views makes life worse in the village, having to interact with the other villagers will either help you understand that, or at least get you enough pushback to, if not reconsider, at least keep it to yourself. If your views make life worse for others, but 90% of the people you talk to are just people who agree with you on those and so you can more easily delegitimize people who disagree with you in real life, because, well, obviously all these other people agree with you, they must be wrong. It's a bit of an oversimplification, but it's why internet bubbles tend to drive people towards more partisan/radical thinking, while having to actually go out and interact with a lot of different people tend to push people more towards... I guess center left? Less extreme, but more respecting the rights of others (which, at least in the US, is a left thing, I guess?). But yeah, echo chamber bubbles tend to exhibit a certain sort of focused herd behavior I could see someone comparing to a group of zombies. It wouldn't be my go to, but I could see someone saying it.

[@temporaryname8905]

​​@@thaddeusgenhelm8979Your village analogy doesn't work because villages murder people for being gay or even just women for showing ankles which doesn't hurt anybody. I mean at the end of the day people will always find ways to blame innocent people for the actions of aggressors. So better to at least let the victims keep to themselves. Besides FaceBook specifically tried putting people with different political opinions together and that's what created all the animosity between family members. Because uncle Ted has n problem saying "maybe gay people need to be shot" on the internet because he's a fascist little bitch or some dumb idiot falls how ok line and sinker for Russia's propaganda telling young people it's okay to destroy storefronts because of some radical Marxism.

[@BarteG44]

today i searched yt for a meme about dwarfmaxxing and among the first 10 results there was a completely unrelated timelapse of a deer decomposing

[@trouty7947]

Oh yeah Google just ignores the quotes and time ranges whrn it feels like now, especially when theres an advert it thinks it can ram into your search

[@TheApoke]

Very cool and trippy! I like how you take advantage of the medium by making it go from a "normal" bedroom video to all futuristic and abstract

[@lightningvolt3150]

It's crazy how every video she makes is even higher quality than the last

[@silverpotato4272]

I legitimately really want this on Spotify. Your voice is amazing

[@lucywoomy]

Oh my god the "google doesn't work" melody just appeared in my head during lunch aand I couldnt recall where I heard it. I wasnt even sure if it was real and looking through my history I found your video back. That part of the melody has something otherworldly and intriguing I can't describe. It's like those special melodies that have been scientifically proven to be very liked by our brains? Anyway the song is dope and the visuals are super cool

[@vinneythe14th68]

The fucking reddit line is so accurate 💀

[@zombieslaya3456]

This gives me such weird Bo Burnham vibes

[@Crayon__Muncher]

I HAD to use my surround sound for this absolute BANGGER😫😫

[@Crayon__Muncher]

This guy gets it😎😎

[@xxsheolxx]

"Don't Be Evil" Google's original motto

[@alidaster]

That's a really nice and funny song, i want to search more of this) Also the unique feeling, so calming, i love the clay texture!

[@lordwafflesthegreat]

That Reddit part is so true!!! It's nigh impossible to find any D&D info on the net without using Reddit. Most sites are like recipe sites, 90% personal stories and filler, 9% ads, 1% content.

[@chrisphoenix77]

Operators don't work anymore. Type "Butter -peanut" and it will show you peanut butter.

[@Phlebas]

I didn't realize how often I specifically looked for Reddit threads in order to get a human answer to a question until Reddit had that blackout a few weeks ago. I felt like I was back in the 90s, when people still had weird pointless questions in their head and we just had to live with not knowing if a particular strategy in a video game was viable or a waste of time unless we tried it ourselves.

[@evernewb2073]

I noticed it quite awhile ago but it didn't really hit home how bad it had gotten and just how much of an impact it was until I realized I'd taken to using _youtube_ as a search engine

[@nathanwilson6317]

Thank you for this warning from the future, Savanah

[@j-bonkers1887]

What genre of music is this? I am absolutely obsessed and I NEED MORE. I love this too much and has been on loop for an hour now

[@AnthreasTheHoplite]

I'm glad I am not the only one. When I tell people google search is not what it used to be some people think I'm crazy.

[@alexandronny]

KZbin search doesn't work anymore too. You only get first 10 half-revelant results and then it's recommended feed Just can't find stuff anymore and that sucks

[@TreeckoDX64]

The Reddit thing is so true, every problem that I have to search I just add Reddit in the front for more accurate results and is so annoying

[@Warbandit100]

Yup, even more convinced you're from around my generation, especially the:"you did not heed my warning and now we're all doomed" in the video description, that's me every day. Great work as always, You really make me wanna come out and do stuff outside my ghost modeler works.

[@theK4b6]

I've also noticed the last handful of months google search has gotten way worse giving either irrelevant information or information that is YEARS old and doesn't work for the current codebase your working in.

[@gem9535]

I thought it was just me till people started talking about it more. Streaming services are bombarding us with ads, even though less commercials (ads) were why we switched to streaming in the first place. Search engines are forgetting that we want to SEARCH for stuff instead of, you guess it, bombarded with ads. Everything needs a subscription instead of a one-time payment. I can go on.

[@BliepBloop]

i really love the artstyle in your animations

[@bardicdragon]

Kingdom Hearts sound effects at 1:39 got me feeling melancholic about the death of the usable internet

[@Ratciclefan]

I have to add quotation marks to words to make sure they're included in searches and more often than not Google lists ads first This is some real dystopic future trash

[@Llwellyn-G]

Im actually most impressed by that outro holy shit how clever

[@Braphics]

Using google sometimes feels like programming, where you need the proper keywords and syntax to get a reasonable result. Also hi Savannah :D loved the song!!

[@theexaustedslime]

Ironically, searching for a lot of programming content is garbage on Google because they don't allow symbols. At least SO still works. Usually .

[@incognitoburrito6020]

I love trying to find a specific thing on google and by the end my search query is formatted like "xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxx" "xxxxxx" "xxxxx" -xxx -xxxxxxxxxx -xxxxxx -xx

[@MaaveMaave]

At least programs do exactly what I ask them to. The search algo re-interprets my input whenever it feels like.

[@maevemooney6628]

That ENDING is the SINGLE BEST way to show off patreon supporters I have EVER SEEN ♥♥♥♥♥

[@Gui-xw4xi]

why is this so calming and beautiful?????

[@tomtalkstropes]

this is amazing! you must have worked really hard on this!