The search autocompletes almost every other recent term I used. It's not a recency issue.
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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To the downvoters of this: seriously, you are not ready for someone not to know everything? Not knowing doesn't mean not caring - I don't remember the previous victim's name, but that doesn't mean that I don't care that she was murdered
US defaultism
But it's a white American that got murdered this time. How could people possibly not remember his name?
I'm not american
No Google exists where you’re from or?
I don't blame them for not knowing, I'm blaming them for not doing the fucking bare minimum of just looking the name up first.
This is a social platform where you're allowed to comment and ask questions. So I can understand their first thought would be to, you know, ask. Are we really going to hate on everyone asking a question instead of Googling everything? Do we really need this negativity on Lemmy? Should be we welcoming to people or should we be assholes as is the norm on Reddit?
Most services, including Lemmy, have an infinite wall of posts. Checking every name would be a full-time job. And writing a title "John Doe who is/was/will be (explanation), (what happened/will happen)" is super easy, as you have to write something anyway
If you have enough interest to make a comment on a post you should have enough interest to open up another window and quickly put a name into a search engine. It's pathetically easy.
Pathetically easy even? Come on, why are you like this? Is it that hard to be friendly to another person? They are merely asking a question and the first you think of is to make fun of them. Is that really what Lemmy is all about, making fun of people instead of helping them?
If I’m going to waste my fucking life writing a dumb question I’ll have to take time to check back on that would make me an idiot when Google is right fucking there.
I assume all of those comments are meant to pretend like it’s not important. It’s 2026. Come the fuck on.