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96 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 30 Mar \ parent \ on: [Help Wanted] Tell us about your searches to help SN improve meta
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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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 30 Mar
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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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 30 Mar
It was a memorable article. Stuck in my mind!
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 30 Mar
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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