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vyrotek on March 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Ain't Search

Is their search anything more than finding text in a tweet? They seem to be more about finding the most recent tweet containing your keyword. I would rather see the results weighted by retweets or something to help find 'relevant' tweets.

paulgb on March 5, 2009 | [–]

It's essentially text search, but there is also a surprisingly useful near:[location] keyword that is good for local searches.

sjs382 on March 5, 2009 | [–]

Sure, it could do more. But it does what it does very well.

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