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NVM, I did find it after all.
note to self: the search query was Assmilking without quotes
the screenshot has quotes but they don't look like the regular quotes that would trigger a phrase-match search
I have no idea what you are talking about haha
I don’t know if this is useful but I never thought about the purpose of these descriptions:
it took a direct interaction with @koob 1-1.5 years after I came here for me to realise that these descriptions are meant for people to find what they need.
I think my ignorance arose from the fact that I didn’t know what nym meant, so i never thought the descriptions were relevant for me
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It's kind of a technicality
If you search for something inside double quotes "<query>", i.e. "Assmilking", then the search algorithm will look for that exact word or phrase inside the quotes.
If you search without quotes, approximate and semantic matches are also retrieved.
However, your quotes are kinda slanted, which I think is not the same ascii character as the regular double quotes. It may be due to regional differences in keyboard design. So your search didn't actually get processed by the algo as an exact-match search.
That's why it retrieved the post you were looking for, which actually reads "ass-milking" and not "assmilking"... slightly different, and wouldn't be retrieved if you searched with double quotes!
Like I said, pretty technical...
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It warms my heart that I was (indirectly) able to aid in the technical betterment of SN with this post. Thank you.
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It was a memorable article. Stuck in my mind!
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You must be a good teacher because I understood the gist of what you were saying despite having no technical background. Thanks for taking the time!
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