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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
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[+] -26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

to find anything at all on Reddit you needed Google

Huh? I just used reddits own search bar. Worked just fine for me.

Edit: Man some of you are bitter at the fact that not everyone had issues using Reddits own search. Lmao

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    oh man this is hilarious.

    you're kidding right? did they fix it right before everyone left in disgust and no one even noticed?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You would be a shining needle in a field of hay.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I guess. I had no idea so many people hated Reddits searchbar.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    When you know a post exists, and you type its exact title into reddits search, and it gives you inrelated bullshit so you need to go to google who hand you the exact post you knew existed, it annoys you.

    When you do that every time you try reddits search function, you start to really hate it.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've found that Reddit's search generally works when searching within a specific subreddit, but otherwise it's mostly useless.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    But isn't that how most people use google to search Reddit anyways? They specify the sub in their searches.

    But anyways, I was always able to find what I was looking for even when doing a website-wide general search or when picking the sub. shrug

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Idk I always found the result sorting to be, I mean, obscenely bad. I would find better more accurate results searching in Google "r/whateversub" followed by whatever it was I was trying to find.

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