Anonymous #1 16w

probably comes up when you search M instead of F

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Anonymous #2 16w

(even though foursome has the letter f, there is probably a hierarchy of loops in the code that puts words containing a letter below just that letter)

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Anonymous #5 16w

Imagine not knowing Ao3 on sight

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Anonymous #1 16w

The fact this comment got so many upvotes is a bit saddening. Critical thinking is at an all time low, I fear.

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Anonymous #9 16w

how? foursome starts with F

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Anonymous #9 16w

there are different ways to prioritize search results, and not everyone has the resources or ability to understand programming. don’t be cruel for no reason.

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Anonymous #4 16w

Bruh… I am ashamed of my words and my deeds. I will contemplate this error while hanging my head under a cold shower.

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Anonymous #11 16w

Nah, you’re thinking of F/M where she tells you exactly how she likes it

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Anonymous #10 16w

Nah man it’s just a separate tag

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Anonymous #6 16w

Didn’t even occur to me that there might be people who don’t intimately know every inch of AO3 😭

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Anonymous #10 16w

Ao3 isn’t just sex stories lol

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Anonymous #1 16w

I think it’s searching based on the X/X/X/X and not “___some”, which doesn’t make sense at all. Bc the all m fivesome isn’t there either despite five starting with an F too. Possibly because they’ve *just* typed in the letter F? Like it’s a single character and not part of a word? Like “F”/M/M or John “F” Kennedy

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Anonymous #15 16w

but then why is the first letter of Foursome and Fivesome bolded?

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Anonymous #4 16w

That would likely be because the logic that queries the database and sorts the results is different than the logic that is doing the highlighting. My guess is that #2 is spot on about how the data is getting grabbed, and then they have a function that is simply highlighting the first occurrence of your search word in the text, regardless of if that’s the one that technically got it moved to the top of the list.

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Anonymous #17 16w

ao3

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Anonymous #9 16w

ahh okay makes sense

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Anonymous #9 16w

the comment directly above yours even reiterated that 🤦‍♀️ homie was having a DAY

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