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I would like to see a vote based search engine with modified reddit-style searching where a single vote's relevance is a function of its age and the number of e

by n0us 11y ago

I would like to see a vote based search engine with modified reddit-style searching where a single vote's relevance is a function of its age and the number of existing votes. (but without the post life cycle of reddit where posts drop because of age)

greglindahl 11y ago
Like many interesting ideas in search, this one's been tried several times. Blekko and Bing both used Facebook friends' likes for votes, but coverage was low. Google toyed with up/down votes for a short while after Wikia Search launched, but I suspect the overwhelming majority of votes were malicious. On the other hand, using result long-clicks as votes is quite popular, and seems to work well.