Reddit has introduced a brand new characteristic that provides customers the power to go looking feedback, alongside a number of different search-related options.

According to Tech Crunch, the brand new characteristic helps customers in trying to find feedback instantly through a brand new ‘feedback’ tab within the search bar, slightly than having to click on on a number of feedback to seek out threads whereas on the lookout for a specific dialog. As per Reddit’s surveys performed final 12 months, the ‘remark search’ characteristic was one of many prime requested ones.

While testing the brand new characteristic, greater than 26,000 folks used the brand new characteristic to scan by means of greater than 5 billion feedback.

“With this latest update, for the first time in sixteen years everything on Reddit is now searchable – users, posts, communities, and now comments – making Reddit one of the first platforms with this capability,” Reddit stated in a blog post.

As per MacRumors, the social media app says it has additionally improved search relevance on the platform. Previously, the consumer’s question needed to precisely match the outcomes, however now it is much less restrictive, and one hundred pc of a question would not have to match the textual content to return related outcomes. In exams, Reddit says its modifications led to a 60 p.c improve in outcomes.

“If someone wants to find a thread about the best locations in London, previously they would have to look through each post in the r/London community, browsing the comments to find it. Now, they can easily see all the different recommendations on the best places for high tea that people have shared in comments,” added Reddit.

The ‘remark search’ characteristic might be accessed by heading to the house feed, clicking throughout the search bar, and conducting a search.