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Lemmy: cannot search for “IRC” communities because the results are flooded with communities about cIRCle jerking. (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/bugs@sopuli.xyz
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The stock lemmy web client has had this annoying shitty bug as long as I remember. Not sure how or why ppl have tolerated it for so long.

I started this thread:

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/52956979

Then I wanted to cross-post to !IRC@lemmy.cafe. The first defect is that it’s impossible to enter the full address of the target forum. Lemmy forces us to enter only part of the name and choose from a pull-down list. Then from there it’s not even smart enough to prioritise the user’s subscribed forums to the top. So entering “IRC” gives a long list of circle jerking forums, while the more simple match !IRC@lemmy.cafe is pushed off the list.

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[–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago

Indeed it is rampant. Searching for “tor” is also a mess. Anything under 4 chars, generally, because UIs are now designed to assume normies cannot handle special syntax chars, like \w or \< to mark word delimiters. But then Lemmy fails to give a higher rank to whole word matches. So it’s designed for people who struggle with tech /by/ people to struggle with tech.

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