[HiTech RedNeck]

What is the relevance metric even supposed to BE? Number of comments? Number of links to thread from other threads? Size of the head article? Highest diversity of freepers replying?

For something like the Terri threads, the default search is about as helpful as 2-week-old bread.

[MEG33]

I have never found something by relevance so I don't have a clue.I have failed to change to by post time more times than I can say.

[lonevoice]

For something like the Terri threads, the default search is about as helpful as 2-week-old bread.

You got that right! If you do the default search (by relevance), using the word "Schiavo" you'll see that nothing relevant has happened in the case since October 19th. In the meantime, an emergency session of state legislature intervened in a court decision, created a new law that's about to be tried for its constitutionality, and is being argued by attorneys for Jeb Bush vs the ACLU! That's pretty darn relevant in my opinion, though a "relevance" search hides these events.