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

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Post by bduerst »

raldi wrote: post #189
groffee wrote: post #101

> With this latest update, for the first time in sixteen years everything on Reddit is now searchable - users, posts, communities, and now comments - making Reddit one of the first platforms with this capability. I mean this is a straight up blatant lie, every single forum/social site out there has proper search and has for years, I know all of mine do. Most of them you even have image search. So honest question, how…

It's also a lie because "everything" on reddit is still not in fact searchable; buried in the comments on the announcement post, they admit that pre-2020 comments are still not indexed: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/u3oz2x/whats_up_wit...

This is likely intentional though.

Reddit's engagement model relies on new posts with which to comment on. Being able to easily find previous content means less reposting, and less opportunities to give users a place to engage. A standard, working search function would only hurt reddit's growth metrics.

It's so obvious to the userbase that you have certain users complaining about reposts, or even subreddits that intentionally flag for original content (OC).

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

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Post by Izkata »

knorker wrote: post #23
jimmySixDOF wrote: post #16

One of the most annoying things is to open a thread and be forced to click all over the place to see comments rolled up under each other. You can't even search comments inside a single post until you have somehow unwound everything. Thats why I use Sync for Reddit and will logout proper if they dump 3rd party clients.

old.reddit.com fixes that, no?

Let's go all the way back to i.reddit.com

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

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Post by kehrin »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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."

It's far more than that. The OP said "you know exactly what" - and the comment disproved that, by not "knowing exactly what". Also, how is the comment supposed to refute a negative? A negative that wasn't even a claim to begin with but rather a vague gesture towards some conspiracy (?).

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

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Post by boredumb »

Haven't used reddit in about 5 years and my life has improved almost as significantly as a few years prior to that when I deleted facebook. HN is the only place I have social interaction on the internet, even while interacting with people I may adamantly disagree with the tone of comments are generally more respectful, informative and less band-wagony than any social media platform out there. Good for them for fixing their infamously broken search feature, but it isn't remotely enough to entice users back onto their platform.

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

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

nicbou wrote: post #82
capableweb wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "Reserve the right" is a cheeky choice of words for keeping data that isn't theirs against people's consent. How is it "your data" if you use their property (reddit.com) to post content on their website? IP and other PII I can understand, as reddit gets that no matter what interaction you do with the website, it makes sense to protect that. But as soon as I make this comment on HN, I don't really expect to "own" th…

Not according to GDPR and its right to be forgotten. The data subject always has the last say about data that concerns them. Just because data about me exists doesn't give unlicensed third parties unlimited rights to it.

Good luck with enforcement.

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

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

basisword wrote: post #35
trinovantes wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't know what to tell you, I tried opting out a year ago [1] and they still have some of my deleted comments today [2]. Pushshift is a massive GDPR violation so I'm surprised they haven't gotten into any trouble yet. [1] https://imgur.com/a/Gjp7YOA [2] https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/#{%22author%22:%22trin...

Report them to the relevant authority if you can. Assholes like this need to be stopped.

They get reported and fined €10m. However, if they're not European or have EU-based assets, what makes you expect they'd care or ever pay?

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

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Post by ultra_nick »

boredumb wrote: post #234

Haven't used reddit in about 5 years and my life has improved almost as significantly as a few years prior to that when I deleted facebook. HN is the only place I have social interaction on the internet, even while interacting with people I may adamantly disagree with the tone of comments are generally more respectful, informative and less band-wagony than any social media platform out there. Good for them for fixing…

HN has unique demographics.

Mostly science and business literature adults. Other platforms have wider demographics.

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

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Post by fuzzer37 »

staindk wrote: post #83
shmde wrote: post #6

Off topic: If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit you can navigate it two ways without getting engaged(also enraged) with the the scum and filth and rage-baits that is r/all or r/popular. 1). Use old.reddit.com, create an account ( it will bait you to enter your email, but its not necessary to proceed. ). Go to subreddits that you want to follow, there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly qui…

I think a worthy addendum to (1.) is to review the 'default' subreddits that your new account is auto-subscribed to (unsure what the current list is, but probably stuff like /r/news, /r/funny, /r/videos...) and unsubscribe from the ones you don't/won't like. Reddit of course has its issues but by working through and around them it's still an amazing site - not because of its features or politics but because of the di…

review the 'default' subreddits that your new account is auto-subscribed to and unsubscribe from all of them

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

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

MauranKilom wrote: post #76
jokoon wrote: post #71

I use RIF for android and it now has a GDPR consent thing that I refuse everytime. It's amazing that reddit survived its redesign, I wish they would rollback. I'm also curious about how many users still use the old design. If they remove the old design, I would obviously not use reddit anymore, and I don't know if there are viable frontends that would allow me to login.

Last time I looked at the graphs, it was something like a single-digit percentage of users that are still using old.reddit.com, and shrinking.

Is it shrinking due to conversions to new reddit or due to new users signing up and throwaway alts who never convert to old Reddit?

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

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Post by z3c0 »

kehrin wrote: post #233
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."

It's far more than that. The OP said "you know exactly what" - and the comment disproved that, by not "knowing exactly what". Also, how is the comment supposed to refute a negative? A negative that wasn't even a claim to begin with but rather a vague gesture towards some conspiracy (?).

And I am refuting the refutation by "knowing exactly what". Turtles all the way down.

Do you see how silly this is yet? The comment you are defending is - logically - about as valid as not saying anything at all, which is exactly what they told the OP to do.

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