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0 pointsnitrogen5y ago0 comments

somewhere in between there they messed up the + operator that used to mean "make sure this term is included"

IIRC this one was driven by Google Plus marketing wanting "+" to mean "Go to this page on Google Plus" so they could do some co-marketing thing with +Pepsi.

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AlexandrB5y ago

Unbelievable. Google plus is the "gift" that keeps on giving, even after it's gone.

eitland5y ago

Most amazingly the worst thing about it is they killed it after it had become nice :-)

eitland5y ago

My understanding as well.

It never made sense to me for Google+ but it broke that feature.

Lately it seems + might be working on DDG and maybe Google as well, only I have to use it in combination with double quotes like this:

+ <some search terms including a +"weiiird" one>

Edit: Can't say for sure if it is a feature or if I just knock out the dumbifier somehow :-P

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AlexandrB5y ago

Unbelievable. Google plus is the "gift" that keeps on giving, even after it's gone.

eitland5y ago

Most amazingly the worst thing about it is they killed it after it had become nice :-)

eitland5y ago

My understanding as well.

It never made sense to me for Google+ but it broke that feature.

Lately it seems + might be working on DDG and maybe Google as well, only I have to use it in combination with double quotes like this:

+ <some search terms including a +"weiiird" one>

Edit: Can't say for sure if it is a feature or if I just knock out the dumbifier somehow :-P

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