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Comment by chrisjj | original | Bug Blindness
[−]chrisjj · 2026-08-30 Sun 11:21 UTC · link
> Software that does not meet expectations, especially in a field like search, which is basically a long running war between SEO and search engines, is not a 'bug'.

While bug has various definitions, not meeting reasonable expectations is common to all.

> That's like saying there is 'bug blindness' in the publishing industry because when I pick up a random book, it sucks

No, because there's no reasonable expectation that a random book won"t suck.

[−]drewstiff · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:25 UTC · link
I dunno... people keep telling me books are good but that isn't my experience

Just like when a do a search and the results aren't relevant

Obviously this means both books and web searches are useless