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One thing I noticed is that the search feature on there is far worse than HN's. Doing a side by side comparison, I have to go to the 2nd or 3rd page on Lobste.r
by azhenley 7y ago
One thing I noticed is that the search feature on there is far worse than HN's. Doing a side by side comparison, I have to go to the 2nd or 3rd page on Lobste.rs to get the results that I would have expected to be first.
- rrix2 7y agoI'm curious what you use search for that often on a forum whose posting activity is largely temporal. Are people using HN etc as an info repository?
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago> Are people using HN, etc. as an info repository? One of the nice things about HN is that people with way more experience than you in any given field make posts and comments about their work at times. While generally not useful for specific step-by-step instructions, there are good tips here and there that are at least worth considering, or alt viewpoints that may be interesting to consider in the future.
- pushcx 7y agoYep, and it's slow, too. I just deployed some code to improve it last week and we've got some more in the pipeline. In the meantime, a Google search with `site:lobste.rs` is probably more effective.