[Search] How do you find articles? [Global Bias]

I received a Marshmallow!

I've received a lot of Marshmallows lately, and among them were questions about searching.
The desire to "try searching for it yourself" is so precious!!

Let's look at past articles

I'm an otaku who loves searching, so I've used it as a topic many times before.
When I tried to look back and searched for "search" in my own articles, 200 results came up. That's too many!!

For now, these are the main ones.

How to encounter articles that don't show up

If you read the articles above, I think you'll understand the tips for searching to some extent, but if you ask me if there's anything else to say, of course there is.
Otaku will talk forever, so please prepare a sleeping bag before you ask!

Know the distribution of treasures

As you can see here, there are generally areas where it is easier to get hits depending on the article.
For younger BTS, aim for Korean articles, and for content from around the Grammy nomination era, aim for English articles.

If you are looking for articles by foreigners talking about BTS, there are usually the most articles from that person's home country. For example, if you want information on Jungkook's "Dreamers," it is a good idea to also search for information on the Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi, who collaborated on it.

Interviews are basically magazine-based, so if you find a good interview, be sure to search all the back issues of that site.
Especially in the case of overseas media, sometimes ARMY reporters who have seized an opportunity have snuck them in, so digging by that reporter's name is also effective (I insist).

Keep switching your "language" weapon

Language switching is important. Even if a Japanese person searches in Japanese, domestic articles are prioritized, so not much will come up.

For example, with Google search, you can specify the country, and if that is too much trouble, just using words in that country's language will often yield results (e.g., "방탄소년단 인터뷰" 👈 BTS Interview).

If you want to get there quickly, ask a conversational AI like ChatGPT to
"Find Korean articles about XX and introduce the source URL."
It is more reliable to have them tell you the source, go see it yourself, and then pick up keywords there to search further, rather than having them find the article for you.

AI is convenient if you use it well.
For example, in countries where local language notation is strong, like China or Arab countries, it might not show up with English notation like "Jungkook Dreamers," but if you ask it to "search from Arabic articles," it can overcome that and find them for you.

However, since you are not guaranteed to find an article you like, I personally think it is easier to search on your own. It is good to translate the search results in bulk using page translation and skim through them.

Let's change how we search depending on the location

When searching, the platforms differ in terms of where there is a lot of information and what keywords are easy to get hits with.
For example, if you want to watch old BTS videos on a Korean music program channel, you would enter "방탄소년단." It might not come up if you use "BTS."

The BTS information we pick up often involves translation, so sometimes you cannot find it by text matching. In such cases, search by date or image.

Information that does not come up much when searching the net normally includes fan information distributed by fanbases.
If you cannot find the article you are looking for, you can also search for long-standing fanbases that often introduce fan articles and search there by specifying a date.

By the way, X's date search is like this. However, it often does not show everything, so I am frequently frustrated.

from:BTS_twt since:2013-06-12 until:2013-06-13

There are various other tips

I feel like I introduced fairly normal procedures... but how was it?
I have lived for a while, but I have never met anyone who says "my hobby is searching!", so I do not really know what is normal (*ﾉωﾉ)

There are various other things, such as 'avoiding irrelevant hits' and 'looking for the original source because Korean media often reposts content.'
I search as naturally as breathing, so I feel like there are many things I don't even recognize as tips. I'll write them down if I remember more.

Well, you'll get used to it and learn the tricks as you do it, and I think your passion for what you love will give you a boost.
I hope you find some good articles. If you do, please share them with me too. Fighting!!

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