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The bugs around Exact match and exclusion operators not working at all are what keeps me from using it as an actual substitute for Google or Bing. Duck used to
by reaperducer 3y ago
The bugs around Exact match and exclusion operators not working at all are what keeps me from using it as an actual substitute for Google or Bing.
Duck used to be great for only searching for what you asked for. But in the last few months, it's fallen into the Google trap of showing me things it thinks I want, and not what I asked for. And no method of punctuation seems to get around that.
At this point, the only reason I still use Duck is because the other option is Google.
- anonymousab 3y agoI think in this case, the functionality outright broke - that is, this is a bug - due to how their indexing works. The CEO (HN user yegg) talked about it a bit in another post - they modified their READMEs to remove mention of some operators because they're malfunctioning. So they still get the benefit of the doubt (as you say, the other choices are just Google) but the real test will be in how they communicate about this going forward and whether they fix it.
- yegg 3y agoWe are working on it. We also updated the README again to reflect that.
- anonymousab 3y agoOh, I hadn't looked at the page since then. That is great to hear. Thank you!