Deduplicating Usernames in a Comments Collection
TLDR Todd had concerns about searching duplicated usernames in comments. Jason suggested facet_query, and SamHendley recommended group_by. Todd appreciated the help.

Dec 02, 2022 (10 months ago)
Todd
07:07 PMIs there a way to only get back distinct usernames, or should we just have a separate collection of user information we search on instead?
Jason
07:15 PMTodd
07:17 PMJason
07:18 PMTodd
07:18 PMJason
07:18 PMJason
07:18 PMTodd
07:19 PM
SamHendley
07:47 PMTypesense
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