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I think you mostly want search when you decide to submit a link. Since you don't want to submit a duplicate article, you have to check searchyc first.

jacquesm 16y ago
I think it very much depends on how you use HN, if you use it just for the consumption of 'news' then I can see why you would not need search as much, but HN is much more than that. It's an awesome resource, there are plenty of comments that are literally gems when you're stuck on something or starting with some new tech and that's when search comes in really handy. For instance, how to start with clojure: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 tell me how you'd ever find that without a search?
- rabidgnat 16y ago
  Easily! First, I'd stare at the Clojure webpage, and try some examples in the REPL. I'd feel like I'm not grokking idiomatic Clojure, so I'd try some Google searches, but find nothing compelling. I'd hit random Clojure links on Hacker News and Reddit for a few weeks, but give up and move to a language with a more active community. A year later, I'd accidentally find it at the bottom of an unrelated post and yell "If only I had that a year ago!"
- baddox 16y ago
  I concede that search is sometimes useful for any site, but google does a pretty good job and I respect pg's reluctance to mess with it. I do keep a list of HN articles that I want to be able to go back to.
- nostrademons 16y ago
  http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site:news.ycombinator.com+clojure+getting+started http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3...
apgwoz 16y ago
If you submit a duplicate link, it counts as an upvote. That is assuming the url is exactly the same.
- jacquesm 16y ago
  Plenty of times though, the same subject will pop out in a number of different locations, searching before posting helps a lot in avoiding getting the same content on the homepage twice.
  - ivenkys 16y ago
    This is exactly the reason why we need search on YC. Having a search button would simply "officialise" the default mode of searching on searchyc and then coming back here to submit the story.

jacquesm 16y ago

I think it very much depends on how you use HN, if you use it just for the consumption of 'news' then I can see why you would not need search as much, but HN is much more than that. It's an awesome resource, there are plenty of comments that are literally gems when you're stuck on something or starting with some new tech and that's when search comes in really handy. For instance, how to start with clojure: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 tell me how you'd ever find that without a search?

rabidgnat 16y ago
Easily! First, I'd stare at the Clojure webpage, and try some examples in the REPL. I'd feel like I'm not grokking idiomatic Clojure, so I'd try some Google searches, but find nothing compelling. I'd hit random Clojure links on Hacker News and Reddit for a few weeks, but give up and move to a language with a more active community. A year later, I'd accidentally find it at the bottom of an unrelated post and yell "If only I had that a year ago!"
baddox 16y ago
I concede that search is sometimes useful for any site, but google does a pretty good job and I respect pg's reluctance to mess with it. I do keep a list of HN articles that I want to be able to go back to.
nostrademons 16y ago
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site:news.ycombinator.com+clojure+getting+started http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3...

apgwoz 16y ago

If you submit a duplicate link, it counts as an upvote. That is assuming the url is exactly the same.

jacquesm 16y ago
Plenty of times though, the same subject will pop out in a number of different locations, searching before posting helps a lot in avoiding getting the same content on the homepage twice.
- ivenkys 16y ago
  This is exactly the reason why we need search on YC. Having a search button would simply "officialise" the default mode of searching on searchyc and then coming back here to submit the story.