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Why is the search function so broken? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net

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Whenever I've used the search function, it returns almost nothing relevant to what I'm looking for, and the time constraints don't work. If I look for things using the "top (time)" feature, I always get results outside of the desired time period. Why does this happen, is a fix in progress, and how hard would it be to implement?

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

AFAIK the reason for getting irrelevant results is that the search function doesn't have a way to figure out which posts are closer to what you searched and which ones just happen to have the words but in a completely different order. That's why it sorts by points instead of sorting by relevance.

The time filter thing is just broken across the board, though. You can see it in profiles too.

edit: As Edie pointed out, the search does need the words to be in order. It's actually just replacing spaces with wildcards.