Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much?

Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by marcofiset on Monday May 29, 2017 @03:55PM (#14441077)

Maybe you think it sucks, but it's still much better than no search at all. Looking at you HN.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by tedivm on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:12PM (#14441159)

There's a search bar right at the bottom of this page, and it seems to work.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by marcofiset on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:28PM (#14441236)

Well, TIL. Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by soreasan on Monday May 29, 2017 @07:28PM (#14442064)

I wasn't aware of the search bar on HN either. Would be nice if it was at the top of the page rather than the bottom.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by Arizhel on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @12:38AM (#14443029)

Me too; this is the first I've heard of it. I guess I never scrolled down enough to see it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by wand3r on Monday May 29, 2017 @07:46PM (#14442133)

It is provided by YC Company Algolia. Many YC companies leverage the software provided by other YC companies.

If you were a one of the first YC companies and you're core business was to aggregate, curate and influence the development of content. And you weren't able to develop a core service, hypothetically something like search. Maybe you could buy that service from some other company; like Algolia.

Potentially, it would work the same way as HN does. The site they cloned when they pivoted.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Reddit search suck so much? by EpicEng on Monday May 29, 2017 @08:41PM (#14442342)

Is it though? Reddit is so bad I just us Google and search it indirectly, so it may as well be non-existent.

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