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minus-squareRoyalEngineering@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoJust curious. Why are Reddit results (or Stack Overflow) not good when searching? They are usually the highest quality content, imo. I also add “-site:domain.com” to filter stuff out when I need to.
minus-squareRiderExMachinaOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPersonally it boils down to two things: A majority of SO answers are duplicates, and it’s a 50% chance the answer will actually work for my use case Reddit responses are opinions, usually without sources, and I want the actual source with as little opinion as possible Most of the time I do end up using “-site:reddit.com” for that exact purpose.
Just curious. Why are Reddit results (or Stack Overflow) not good when searching? They are usually the highest quality content, imo.
I also add “-site:domain.com” to filter stuff out when I need to.
Personally it boils down to two things:
Most of the time I do end up using “-site:reddit.com” for that exact purpose.