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Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time
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Please don't listen to this feedback. Just because it's upvoted here doesn't mean it's representative. Keep the Instagram results. It's very useful.
How often are there meaningful results for your search terms on Insta?
I don't know but I'm eager to find out when using this. So far it has been really interesting to get a glimpse into a walled garden I normally can't access.
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> unless we specifically indicate that we have an account on this website What do you mean? The whole point is that I can search Instagram here without an account.
When you find something that looks interesting, what then?
Is that a philosophical question? I look at the picture, think "interesting" and move on. I don't use Instagram so you should probably ask someone who does what the intrinsic motivation for looking at Instagram photos is.
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#95+1 if you sort the results from least # of ads to most ads.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you find something that looks interesting, what then?
Is that a philosophical question? I look at the picture, think "interesting" and move on. I don't use Instagram so you should probably ask someone who does what the intrinsic motivation for looking at Instagram photos is.
Since the advent of web 2.0, people often interact with media in more ways than looking at its thumbnail.
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#97Looks really good. But are you using the google search results api? Paying out of your own pocket? Or is it something else?
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#98Well, It works and it's a cool idea but I just don't appreciate an Instagram feed in my search results. That thing tracks you like rescue dogs.
The Instagram results don't even load in my Firefox and just shows a white error box. This is what I get:
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#99definitely going to try and use this for a while. looks lovely.
Confuses me why i like this kind of display, and things like reddit i tend to prefer one line per article no images. But the extra search sources utilizing it is lovely.