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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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[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am just a user, but I'll say my workaround has been to sort by new. The things that come up are usually the things I'm looking for and they're sorted chronologically.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

chomsky-yes-honey object permanence is the super power that turns you into a socialist, so I usually am looking for stuff from like 3 years ago and this tactic does not work.

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Okay it's more of a pain in the ass, but the move I do in that case is search, sort by new, hit next and then the url has a numeral in it for what page of results you're on. Manually set that to a higher number to skip through a bunch of results pages.

It requires some playing around because I'm not aware of a way to find out the total number of pages, but you can usually find what you need with trial and error.