It's getting slightly simpler to make use of Reddit as a search engine.
Final 12 months, Reddit rolled out a brand new function referred to as Reddit Solutions. Since so many individuals use Reddit as a Google substitute to faucet into the group's immense information, the positioning launched AI-curated solutions associated to the subject you had been in search of.
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On the time, you needed to particularly head to a Reddit Solutions tab to make use of the function, however now it's coming to the primary search bar.
Within the firm's first-quarter earnings name yesterday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman mentioned that the positioning was "working to combine it [Reddit Answers] into Reddit's core search expertise to additional streamline the trail from query to reply on Reddit."
How Reddit Solutions work
As a substitute of including "reddit" to a Google search — say, "rooster pasta recipes reddit" — you possibly can head straight to Reddit and search. As a substitute of the standard outcomes you'll need to wade by means of, you'll now get a curated response with a listing of various solutions. Every reply has a hyperlink to the supply and an extra tip or two that different customers have added.
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Huffman mentioned the function ought to assist new customers opening the app for the primary time discover their manner round and assist guests coming to Reddit by means of an exterior search. The objective, he mentioned, is to improve Reddit search and combine it all through the positioning.
Folks come to Reddit, he added, with intent. They're not simply scrolling; they arrive in search of actual opinions from actual individuals. This function makes discovering these opinions simpler. Once you seek for one thing on-line, it's onerous to ensure the reply you discover isn't only a generic one. With Reddit Solutions, he defined, you're getting lived expertise and private suggestions.
Huffman mentioned he needed Reddit's content material to be simply discovered, noting that it's one of many final main on-line platforms that doesn't require an account login.
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