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Twitter substituting actual search terms for recommended terms on first try?
2 points by winternett on Jan 21, 2020 | hide | past | favorite
I always encounter something strange whenever I search for "winTerman" on Twitter (Both the app and the browser-based site). Twitter search automatically returns search results for "winDerman" (as in Ira Winderman) and then gives me the option to switch to the original term as a secondary option.

Doesn't this defeat the entire basis of what Tweitter search is supposed to do?

After sending messages multiple times to Twitter to fix the issue, I've gotten no response in over a year.

I can't imagine how many other search terms this is happening for, haven't been able to find any others yet. :/




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