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I don’t think Reddit needs any major feature other than search. When I search google, I basically append ‘Reddit’ to my query. It’s where all the real answers a

I don’t think Reddit needs any major feature other than search. When I search google, I basically append ‘Reddit’ to my query. It’s where all the real answers are, there are no more websites (who would have thought, the real rival to google is Reddit).

sorenjan 6y ago
I don't either, but that's not how VC backed companies work. It's not good enough to stay usable for the current users, you need growth, and preferably as much as possible. I don't know what kind of service they're aiming for, but it's basically a meme feed now, with some political echo chambers thrown in.
- runawaybottle 6y ago
  I’ll address your last point. I think when you talk about scale, the fact will arise that a lot of the internet are just kids. Take a look at TikTok, at scale, you’re just going to get a lot of more kids using the thing. It’s probably one of the reasons we all gravitate to HN, because for better or worse, people here are working adults or on the cusp of it (college). I really cannot deal with a bunch of k-12/college kids discussing something. I have no clue how Reddit can solve this as they want growth (you need the kids).
monkpit 6y ago
On the opposite side of that, why should Reddit make their search better if everyone already knows not to use it? Google works just fine. Spending the money to improve and code a new search function doesn’t gain them anything. They’d just lose money on the implementation.
- runawaybottle 6y ago
  I’d disagree. I get my best answers with a ‘Reddit’ tacked on to Google, or searching YouTube for an answers video. Their presentation would have to model the behavior in a way that feels fresh, but the raw value of their content is already validated. The situation right now is that people’s muscle memory is tied to the verb ‘googling’. Pushing ‘search.reddit.com’ will not appear different enough to people. They’d have to brand and present it uniquely. It’s a lot more ambitious than pushing their mobile Reddit app, so it’ll never happen.
- Supermancho 6y ago
  > Google works just fine. How do you search by most recent on Google? What does that even mean in the context of searching for web-page content? Google's search is severely lacking because it's targeting a platform that has no uniform index. This is part of what keeps the public misinformed.
  - monkpit 6y ago
    I fairly regularly use the “search tools” option in google to filter results to within the past day, or month, or whatever.
    - Supermancho 6y ago
      Thats not the same as ordering by content posting/creation. Thats by indexing pass.

sorenjan 6y ago

I don't either, but that's not how VC backed companies work. It's not good enough to stay usable for the current users, you need growth, and preferably as much as possible. I don't know what kind of service they're aiming for, but it's basically a meme feed now, with some political echo chambers thrown in.

runawaybottle 6y ago
I’ll address your last point. I think when you talk about scale, the fact will arise that a lot of the internet are just kids. Take a look at TikTok, at scale, you’re just going to get a lot of more kids using the thing. It’s probably one of the reasons we all gravitate to HN, because for better or worse, people here are working adults or on the cusp of it (college). I really cannot deal with a bunch of k-12/college kids discussing something. I have no clue how Reddit can solve this as they want growth (you need the kids).

monkpit 6y ago

On the opposite side of that, why should Reddit make their search better if everyone already knows not to use it? Google works just fine. Spending the money to improve and code a new search function doesn’t gain them anything. They’d just lose money on the implementation.

runawaybottle 6y ago
I’d disagree. I get my best answers with a ‘Reddit’ tacked on to Google, or searching YouTube for an answers video. Their presentation would have to model the behavior in a way that feels fresh, but the raw value of their content is already validated. The situation right now is that people’s muscle memory is tied to the verb ‘googling’. Pushing ‘search.reddit.com’ will not appear different enough to people. They’d have to brand and present it uniquely. It’s a lot more ambitious than pushing their mobile Reddit app, so it’ll never happen.
Supermancho 6y ago
> Google works just fine. How do you search by most recent on Google? What does that even mean in the context of searching for web-page content? Google's search is severely lacking because it's targeting a platform that has no uniform index. This is part of what keeps the public misinformed.
- monkpit 6y ago
  I fairly regularly use the “search tools” option in google to filter results to within the past day, or month, or whatever.
  - Supermancho 6y ago
    Thats not the same as ordering by content posting/creation. Thats by indexing pass.