"Available for Chrome and Firefox, the extension itself is simple - so simple you could duplicate its features using Google search operators, which Brain acknowledges by calling it "just a convenience" on the extension's GitHub page. For those of us who can't remember all of Google's search operators, Slop Evader does the work of adding Google's date-range filter to your queries by inserting a tbs=cdr:1,cd_max:MM/DD/YYYY (and optionally cd_min) clause."
""Slop Evader rallies against false narratives of progress and assumes that the quality of the internet as an information retrieval tool has been in rapid decline since the public uptake of generative AI," Brain wrote on GitHub. "Everytime your attention is diverted to some piece of media, you must now ask yourself - is this real or is it machine learning? Slop Evader offers some respite.""
Slop Evader is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that restricts search results to pages dated before November 30, 2022. The extension inserts Google's date-range filter into queries by adding a tbs=cdr:1,cd_max:MM/DD/YYYY (and optionally cd_min) clause, automating Google search operators. Users can apply the date filter across Google searches and site-specific searches on Reddit, Quora, Stack Exchange, Mumsnet, Pinterest, and YouTube. The tool aims to reduce exposure to AI-generated content and surface older, pre-generative-AI web results. All searches are returned through Google because most native site search options lack date filtering, so result prioritization remains Google's.
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