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		thrwyoilarticle on Aug 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're improving search results when you use quotes Goodhart's law in action. If the most relevant doc doesn't include all terms but there are docs that do, the 'relevant' metric is wrong. I understand eliding articles and pronouns but when I'm searching for an exact string or you just completely ignore whole subjects and objects - what?

colinmhayes on Aug 5, 2022 [–]

When you’re searching for an exact string you should use quotes…

thrwyoilarticle on Aug 6, 2022 | [–]

I shouldn't have to

colinmhayes on Aug 6, 2022 | | [–]

Google has a billion users. Most of them don’t want the same things you want.

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