Algolia search for "blog directory" doesn't turn up the submission, but it does turn up in comments search, restricted to the past month, for those looking for search-fu tips:
Unfortunately for HN, titles make very poor search targets, all the more so because they're often obscure or obscured.
Comments offer a much larger target. Algolia's other features (searching by site or submitter / comment author), as well as obscure stuff like vote counts (submissions only) can be quite helpful.
I mine my own comments frequently, and that's a key benefit of using HN.
Comments
Very likely.
HN submission: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33719983>
Algolia search for "blog directory" doesn't turn up the submission, but it does turn up in comments search, restricted to the past month, for those looking for search-fu tips:
<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...>
Ah yes, exactly and thanks for the search tips, I felt like I was misremembering something being unable to find what I was looking for!
Unfortunately for HN, titles make very poor search targets, all the more so because they're often obscure or obscured.
Comments offer a much larger target. Algolia's other features (searching by site or submitter / comment author), as well as obscure stuff like vote counts (submissions only) can be quite helpful.
I mine my own comments frequently, and that's a key benefit of using HN.