You know when you needed an answer to something and wanted the opinion of the masses. You could search “[how to topic] reddit” or filter with “site:reddit.com”.

So what now? Could i still do “best table Lemmy” or “how to do this Lemmy”?

This was my favorite use of reddit where you could get a bunch of answers for different topics.

  • Luca@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 years ago

    Google’s become largely useless in recent years due to SEO spam and autgenerated content. Appending reddit at the end of a query at least helped get some actual responses from human beings

    • manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech
      0·
      2 years ago

      im an RTFM and RTFC fan, never noticed a difference except when id dip into something new for the first time. Feels, and annoying.

      • Luca@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 years ago

        It was very useful for queries along the lines of “which x is the best”, “which x to buy”, etc. You can guarantee that there was a discussion about pretty much anything on Reddit

        • Flickertail@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 years ago

          Bingo. Researching product choices was one of my best use cases for adding site:reddit.com to search queries. Avoids spammy articles and gives you actual discussions with legitimate dissenting opinions.