Full text search of comments is now available from the
search page, and the associated
documentation has been rewritten accordingly.
Of note: hidden comments will only be shown if you are a trusted user AND the hidden comment box is checked; comments posted before the Great Leap Forward in comment rating technology all have Recommend and Troll Rate set to zero.
Full text diary searching has been non stop since it went up: between 1500 and 3000 searches each day. Will comment search add significantly to the total? Only time will tell.
Now for some examples.
- The most highly recommended comment of the last 6 hours that wasn't the first post in a diary, and whose subject doesn't contain the word "tip".
Search: sid=2006 not cid=1 not subject=tip
Find: Comments
sortby: Recommends
From: 1 day
To:now
run the search
- All the coments in this mornings cheers & jeers, in the order they were posted.
Search: sid=("2006/3/24/93319/9303")
Find: Comments
sortby: Time
From: 1 day
To:now
run the search
- Actual Research: Abramoff (the lobbyist) and Burns (the lobbied)
Search: abramoff burns
Find: Comments
sortby: Relevance
From: 1 quarter (13 weeks)
To:now
run the search
Have fun! As always, please post questions, comments and above all bug reports.