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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by michaelmior on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:54PM (#36385378)
I would argue it makes no sense to index the vast majority of content without good search. If your search is good enough, you can index everything and then surface only the good stuff at query time.
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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by lohnjemon on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:45AM (#36387396)
Indexing trillions of messages is outrageous.
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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by andybak on Monday June 19, 2023 @07:29AM (#36389793)
That's why "archive to the web and let Google handle it" is a good solution.
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