Reddit today announced that users can now search for comments in a post on desktop, iOS, and Android. With this latest update, you no longer need to “Cmd-F” or “Ctrl-F” on a post page, as you can now search for comment threads without having to expand them. The feature lets you quickly find the information you’re looking for about a specific position, the company says.
Last year, Reddit released the ability to search for comments on the platform with the addition of a “comments” tab in the search bar, but you still weren’t able to search for comments in a message. Based on user feedback, Reddit is now rolling out this new change.
Reddit says it has made several improvements to its search functionality over the past few months. In October, the company introduced text search in images, which meant users could search for their favorite memes that contained text.
Additionally, Reddit says its subreddit search algorithm has been improved to bring up more relevant subreddits for most searches. The platform has also made improvements to autocomplete to make it easier to find communities without having to type in exactly the right name in the right order to find relevant results. The company has also made it easier to navigate video search results. Now when you tap on a video search result, you can swipe up and down to switch between video results on iOS and Android.
Today’s announcement comes as Reddit recently rolled out a new “community mute” feature to give users more control over what they do and don’t want to see on the platform. You can use the new feature to mute an entire community, after which posts from that specific community will be removed from your notifications, home feed, and popular feed.
