Been using kagi as my default for a few days, and just realized that they have a "fediverse forums" toggle.
did those bastards really scrape the fedi? 
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[ETA.svg' /> yes, yes, the fedi is public, but we still ask folks not to index us. Respect the robots.txt.
Also, turns out the CEO is an ass.
Dammit. I'd honestly pay for less shitty search.]