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Hacker News search bug?
Why does this return results:
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe
but, this does not?
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mathe%20confused%20lost
- reddytowns 10y agoUrls here for clickability: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mathe%20confused%20lost https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mathe%20confused%20lost
- gus_massa 10y agoMy guess is that they assume that all but the last words are complete, so the first query is read as confused lost mathe?????????? and the second as mathe confused lost?????????? but an space at the end is enough to break the fist link: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe%20 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe%20 I looked at the algolia site, but I couldn't find an email for contact ...
- redox_ 10y agoBy default the search will consider the very last word as a "prefix" to handle the as-you-type search experience. If you press enter in the searchbar oh hn.algolia.com, it will "fix" such behavior considering the last word as an actual word. Notice the "prefix=false" in the URL: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false https://hn.algolia.com/?query=confused%20lost%20mathe&sort=b...