Reddit is an invaluable internet community, but when it comes to search, its far from perfect.
But Reddits searchcanbe more accurate and useful, if you know how to unlock its potential.
Reddit filters can help narrow down your searches
Among your most powerful search tools are filters.
For example, enteringauthor:PresidentObamalists content posted only by u/PresidentObama.
self: This word filters posts made by an individual account, rather than posts linking to another site.
Useself:trueto search for only text-based posts, andself:falsefor all other types.
selftext: This word searches text posts for a specific query.
Enteringselftext:dogs, for example, will search text posts for the word dog.
site: This word filters for specific URLs.
For example, usesite:lifehacker.comto search for Reddit posts sharing Lifehacker articles.
subreddit: This word filters for the specific subreddit listed.
Usesubreddit:askredditto search for posts from only r/askreddit.
title: This word filters for specific submission titles.
If you searchtitle:broken keyboard,youll only see posts that contain broken keyboard in the title.
Note: always put multi-word searches in quotes.
url: This word filters for specific words in a websites URL, to narrow down a website search.
You should combine this one with the site filter.
On their own, these filters can range from helpful to useless.
However, combining them will make your searcheswaymore accurate.
Theres apparently no limit on the amount of strings you could put together, so go ham.
UseORbetween words to pull up results for at least one of the words listed.
NOTis used between words when you want results for the first word but not the second.
Searching iPhone NOT iPad will show results that contain the word iPhone but not the word iPad.
Hopefully, these tools help you find exactly what youre looking for in your next big Reddit search.
