https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/u3oz2x/whats_up_with_reddit_search_episode_vi_retrieve/
created by anon-axolotl on 14/04/2022 at 19:13 UTC*
1254 upvotes, 70 top-level comments (showing 25)
1: https://forms.gle/dKGyZ3Lz56bToCuu6
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Over a year ago, we put together a survey on Reddit search[2], and over 3,000 people responded—out of that feedback, comment search was one of the most requested features. (Thank you to those who responded!) Fast forward five months, and we showed you a sneak peek[3] of what it might look like to search comments on Reddit. At the time, frontend improvements were just getting rolling, and now, **for the first time in sixteen years, everything on Reddit (posts, people, communities, and now comments) is searchable!**
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/mharom/whats_up_with_reddit_search/
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/qrr3v9/whats_up_with_reddit_search_episode_iv_a_new/
This feature not only allows you to search comments within communities, but also unlocks the ability to search comments globally to discover valuable discussions happening across Reddit. (You know, the real candid discussions about whether or not to move to NYC, or tourist tips for your next vacation.)
To give you an idea of some of the content you may be able to discover…
Tourist tips for your next travel location…
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Some of your interests…
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Or some weekend inspiration…
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For those wondering why we didn’t make comments searchable sooner, this project has actually been a long time coming. To make the idea a reality, it took some time because just to start, we had to scale up the search function to index the *over* 5 billion comments that have been made in the past two years. Phew! If you’re looking for a comment older than that it’s not currently searchable in this iteration.
Give it a try and share your feedback, but keep in mind that this is just the beginning of comment search. As we hear from you and get information on how people are using comment search, we’ll continue to improve the ranking of comment results and UX to make comment search even better. We’ve already started thinking about how to search comments within a post (goodbye ctrl-f)—what else would you like to see?
As always, we’re excited to hear what you think—**what’s working for you? What isn’t? Drop your feedback and ideas in** **this form**[4] **or the comments below.** And if you want to learn more about how to make the most out of Reddit search, head over to our wiki[5] to learn some helpful tips.
4: https://forms.gle/dKGyZ3Lz56bToCuu6
5: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/search
Comment by glowdirt at 14/04/2022 at 19:38 UTC*
107 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Right now the comment search results I'm getting seem to be listed in no particular order.
Comment by maxutilsperusd at 14/04/2022 at 19:21 UTC
268 upvotes, 5 direct replies
This is probably the first "new feature" that has been announced that people have actually asked for in the last 5 years.
Comment by XxDeathWishxX_x at 14/04/2022 at 19:46 UTC
179 upvotes, 4 direct replies
finally i won't need to use google to search for posts
Comment by ashamed-of-yourself at 14/04/2022 at 19:29 UTC
80 upvotes, 1 direct replies
so when is this coming to mobile?
Comment by jefrye at 14/04/2022 at 19:58 UTC
28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is there a way I can search my own comments only? If so, I'm not seeing it.
Comment by Quistty at 14/04/2022 at 19:40 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks.
Comment by iamthatis at 14/04/2022 at 19:35 UTC
46 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Is this available in the API as well?
Comment by Equal-Bus-557 at 14/04/2022 at 20:17 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How far back will we be able to search comments? As in comment made in the last x amount of years, know what I mean?
Comment by belgium-noah at 14/04/2022 at 20:06 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What will you do for the title when you reach episode 10?
Comment by hubwub at 14/04/2022 at 19:55 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The user experience for searching comments should be similar to searching for posts in that it should have a sort and time. At this moment, results are unordered when you search for a keyword that are in the comments.
Comment by imt1and1ly at 15/04/2022 at 02:46 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Okay, now Reddit is becoming a full on search engine
Comment by CaptinDerpII at 14/04/2022 at 19:44 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is going to be so helpful
Comment by Kahzgul at 15/04/2022 at 01:52 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
OMG THANK YOU!!!
Comment by MajorParadox at 15/04/2022 at 02:51 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is so cool! Any chance it will be added to specific posts? Like if I want to search this post to see if anyone else said it was cool?
Comment by flounder19 at 14/04/2022 at 20:09 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is there a way to do this search across multiple subreddits in a multireddit at once?
For example, i have a multireddit of all the NFL team subs and sometimes search across them like this[1]. But it doesn't seem like the option to search multiple specific subreddits exists in the spaces where this functionality is enabled
Comment by redditmixer at 15/04/2022 at 01:21 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm so glad that you added comment search, but you should allow us to sort them too
Comment by flounder19 at 14/04/2022 at 20:05 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is there a way to do this on old reddit?
Comment by [deleted] at 15/04/2022 at 08:20 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Neat
Comment by InsaneNinja at 14/04/2022 at 19:35 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Look ma! I’m searchable!
Comment by ObsidianDreamsRedux at 14/04/2022 at 19:36 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Can comments also be searched in old reddit?
Comment by killer_beans344 at 14/04/2022 at 22:06 UTC*
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Finally we can search for legendary comments
Comment by CanAhJustSay at 14/04/2022 at 21:10 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Oooooh, fancy!
Comment by AndreasMe at 14/04/2022 at 19:27 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Your comment section is the BEST
Comment by Ener_Ji at 14/04/2022 at 22:21 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Happy about this! Just one question:
Does this new comment search easily support searching a single post's comments? i.e. a large comment thread that has many collapsed comments?
Comment by DewdecsysAbZ at 15/04/2022 at 15:52 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Nice
