Lemmy: cannot search for “IRC” communities because the results are flooded with communities about cIRCle jerking. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 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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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

Same issue with "AI"

[-] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I did find https://lemmy.world/c/irc -- but there's no posts in that community.

[-] freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It’s not a problem for finding it. It’s cross-posting (e.g. to lemmy.cafe/c/IRC) that is a problem.

[-] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, sorry. I wasn't clear. I saw the bug too when searching for IRC, even placing a space before IRC, and even quoting IRC. I was just mentioning the internet relay chat at lemmy world, once found, is empty.

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