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0 pointsTeMPOraL3y ago0 comments

The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else. Local search isn't enough then.

Though I share your feelings somewhat - I was completely surprised by what you wrote in the comment higher up about iPhone gallery search. I didn't realize this is possible in a reliable fashion, much less off-line and deployed in a mass market device.

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rakoo3y ago

> The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else.

The whole idea is that whenever you find a meme you like you save it, so all search is still local

refactor_master3y ago

Just like we meticulously remember to catalog every song, movie, joke, or otherwise informative sensory input we’ve ever been exposed to?

I know the obvious response to the above will be “yes, really, teens do that. Pictures of everything”

But really? Everything?

rakoo3y ago

Complete supposition: maybe teens' exposition to memes is through non-private messengers and apps, meaning all media is saved automatically on the phone and available through a search. I don't think the web is very much used still.

TeMPOraLOP3y ago

Yes, and the database is useful for all the situations when you saw a meme on someone else's device, or embedded in some piece of content, so you had no way to save it.

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0 pointsTeMPOraL3y ago0 comments

The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else. Local search isn't enough then.

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rakoo3y ago

> The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else.

The whole idea is that whenever you find a meme you like you save it, so all search is still local

refactor_master3y ago

Just like we meticulously remember to catalog every song, movie, joke, or otherwise informative sensory input we’ve ever been exposed to?

I know the obvious response to the above will be “yes, really, teens do that. Pictures of everything”

But really? Everything?

rakoo3y ago

TeMPOraLOP3y ago

Yes, and the database is useful for all the situations when you saw a meme on someone else's device, or embedded in some piece of content, so you had no way to save it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse