Hackers' Pub

Hackers’ Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Duncan Bayne @duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe

5/16/2025, 3:30:14 AM

Public

Amazon search results are so, so, broken.

E.g. search for "electric skateboard", get pages of relevant results. Sort that search by average customer review, and get page after page of junk results, with actual electric skateboards finally turning up at page 6.

I assume what's going on here is that Amazon wants people only to buy from their chosen products, and so has intentionally broken all other sort options.

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