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PraetorianGourd
4y ago
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Right, most people search in inclusive terms: “I want this with that trait”. It’s unnatural, at least in English, to search for something based on what it isn’t.
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zwirbl
4y ago
and yet, when refining a query, oftentimes I need to exclude results (like striped shirts) to get what I'm really looking for
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