UPDATE: Kinja Search Feature: Help!

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/02/2015 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

The guy wrote the post in 2013. Noob, ain’t I?

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Several days ago, a guy wrote a post about German Cars being better than American cars. He and others wrote many words.

Can anyone help me find that post? I have zero success with the Kinja search feature.

DISCUSSION (17)

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:07

It’s an older post.

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:09

use google and type in Site: oppositelock.kinja.com and then your search terms.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680
07/02/2015 at 12:10

Does that mean it’s sort of lost to the Great Random?

Brian, The Life of > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:12

If he wrote a story about German cars being better than American cars, he must have wrote it back when Clinton was still in office.

Nibbles > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:14

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-german-mad…

Google search:
site: oppositelock.kinja.com german cars are better than american

It was the first thing listed.

JDIGGS > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:16

I gotta second this.

Having a search that actually works and corresponds to titles = more sharing = more site popularity.

- unacceptable in this day and age not to have a search feature that works

- INCREDIBLY UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A SEARCH FEATURE THAT RETURNS FALSE NEGATIVES, eg i search for bratwurst but the article titled “ tasty german bratwurst’ never makes it to the search result.

from a software guys pov this is fucking garbage and it makes me want to tear my hair out

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:17

It’s this post:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-german-mad…

I can’t really help with the Kinja search, but since I remembered who wrote it... Guy was really prolific back in ‘13, and... kind of full of himself, to be honest. More here, if you must:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/my-final-rebut…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-s-better-…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/cadillac-will-…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/you-cant-compa…

One note? Certainly not!

Kinja'd!!!

thebigbossyboss > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:20

This?

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-german-mad…

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 12:29

yes

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > JDIGGS
07/02/2015 at 12:48

Why don’t you tell us how you really feel?

Maybe the just need to add a toggle that says, “Return relevant answers.”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/02/2015 at 13:11

I mustn’t. But I typed a reply that I wanted to capture and maybe start a new post.

Happy FOJ!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 13:15

I just thought while I was being helpful I’d be “helpful” as well. That post needed some contextualizing regarding its author for perspective. Possibly editorializing as well.

JDIGGS > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 13:36

Well I pose the question; what is the point of a search feature if it doesn’t return your search?

Anyways I think the system has improved but arghh there still needs to be some other type of categorization or tagging.

The reason I’m vocal about it is 99% of the time it’s because I’ve switched devices or locations and I speak with a friend and want to share the article with them, then I can’t end up finding it, and that makes me go nuts.

Anyways if you really need to find an article google search something like this “jalopnik+bmw z4 nurburgring” and then using search tools restrict the date accordingly.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/02/2015 at 14:53

Can you elaborate?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > JDIGGS
07/02/2015 at 14:55

In my case, I wanted to review a reply that I’d made. I ought to be able to review all of my replies if I want to. Hopefully, Kinja will get developed further.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/02/2015 at 17:07

I was saying that pointing out that the author was a crank with a very peculiar idee fixe and an ego the size of Staten Island by linking to a lot of his pieces wasn’t being helpful to you, at least not in the same respect as just linking the one you wanted. I was also saying that even if you didn’t need to know that, it would put things in their proper context... and allow me to be a bit snide.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/02/2015 at 23:04

Oh, kay!