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Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by flutas »

staindk wrote: post #79
dbetteridge wrote: post #24

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No, they've changed something recently where sufficiently nested comments with replies now seem to show 'click to see more' thing as well

As per the other reply to you, I'm pretty sure this has always been a thing. At least in the past it was a 'non-gold' restriction[1] that you could only set your account to load up to 500 comments automatically. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/3z7xac/can_i_load_all... (could not find an official recent source so things may have changed)

Another change we could be seeing. Reddit allows mods to collapse comment threads as of 03-12-2019.

> such as an ability to auto-collapse comments by users[0]

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsecurity/comments/b0a8he/dete...

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by mb7733 »

z3c0 wrote: post #184
boesboes wrote: post #157

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As someone who has been using reddit and frequenting r/all for over 10 years orso, I dont know what you are talking about. Either make you point, or just don't make such comments. They add nothing.

I think one could argue that your comment adds much less to the conversation. It's basically just "you're wrong, because I said so." Maybe - since you have a decade of material to draw from - you could offer a counter-example? I think that would be more conducive to discussion than "don't make such comments."

How can you offer a counter example to such a vague claim?

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by criddell »

whymauri wrote: post #196
jdauriemma wrote: post #168

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You might be surprised at how small the Reddit team is

They keep raising money. Might as well hire more and pay better. I'm blown away that after nearly 2 decades, search is effectively unfunded at this company.

> Might as well hire more and pay better

Would you want to work there? I suspect a lot of great candidates want nothing to do with that company.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by johndfsgdgdfg »

fareesh wrote: post #52

Sometime around the night of the DNC primary in 2015 there was a dramatic shift in the content on Reddit. If you were a frequent visitor of the homepage and /all at the time, you will know exactly what I am referring to. The product has gone downhill ever since. Comment search is nice because it enables users to find interesting content directly in the good niche subreddits.

Republicans have used Russian help to spread disinformation against Democrats.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by ahzhou »

Gareth321 wrote: post #178
boesboes wrote: post #157

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As someone who has been using reddit and frequenting r/all for over 10 years orso, I dont know what you are talking about. Either make you point, or just don't make such comments. They add nothing.

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/r/politics has definitely shifted from “OMG Ron Paul It’s Happening Narwhal Bacon!!!111!!” to dominated by progressives, but I think you’re seeing it through rose tinted glasses. After all, /r/atheism was also a default sub.

/r/all is populist as ever, but Reddit as a whole has simply fragmented. For politics specifically, non-progressives just live outside of /r/politics. Neoliberals tended to hang out in /r/political discussion, Trump supporters in /r/the_donald, neoconservatives in /r/tuesday, etc.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by dogleash »

stimpson_j_cat wrote: post #141
fareesh wrote: post #52

Sometime around the night of the DNC primary in 2015 there was a dramatic shift in the content on Reddit. If you were a frequent visitor of the homepage and /all at the time, you will know exactly what I am referring to. The product has gone downhill ever since. Comment search is nice because it enables users to find interesting content directly in the good niche subreddits.

The biggest change came after the migration from Digg, which would have been about 5 years prior. the_donald brought a lot of a younger users and white supremacists. I haven't seen a DNC-related reddit conspiracy before though. Certainly no noticeable shift that night.

>I haven't seen a DNC-related reddit conspiracy before though.

What? You haven't noticed social media marketing on reddit?

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by z3c0 »

mb7733 wrote: post #202
z3c0 wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think one could argue that your comment adds much less to the conversation. It's basically just "you're wrong, because I said so." Maybe - since you have a decade of material to draw from - you could offer a counter-example? I think that would be more conducive to discussion than "don't make such comments."

How can you offer a counter example to such a vague claim?

With a specific claim demonstrating a contrary phenomenon, one would think. "Vague claims" aren't some rhetorical ace-in-the-hole. They can be argued against, presumably better than "you're wrong, and you should feel bad."

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by [deleted] »

ahzhou wrote: post #206
Gareth321 wrote: post #178

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/r/politics has definitely shifted from “OMG Ron Paul It’s Happening Narwhal Bacon!!!111!!” to dominated by progressives, but I think you’re seeing it through rose tinted glasses. After all, /r/atheism was also a default sub. /r/all is populist as ever, but Reddit as a whole has simply fragmented. For politics specifically, non-progressives just live outside of /r/politics. Neoliberals tended to hang out in /r/politi…

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Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by winrid »

philliphaydon wrote: post #65
winrid wrote: post #9

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IIRC they have a pretty standard PostGres setup. I'd bet they just setup another PostGres shard replicated just for search, using an extension for the index. Doesn't require the index or working set to be in RAM.

Why do some people write Postgres as PostGres?

Why do some people call Redis "read-is"? The world may never know...
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