[TeMPOraL]

The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else. Local search isn't enough then.

Though I share your feelings somewhat - I was completely surprised by what you wrote in the comment higher up about iPhone gallery search. I didn't realize this is possible in a reliable fashion, much less off-line and deployed in a mass market device.

[rakoo]

> The use case for the meme database is slightly different: it's to find that meme you saw somewhere else.

The whole idea is that whenever you find a meme you like you save it, so all search is still local

[refactor_master]

Just like we meticulously remember to catalog every song, movie, joke, or otherwise informative sensory input we’ve ever been exposed to?

I know the obvious response to the above will be “yes, really, teens do that. Pictures of everything”

But really? Everything?

[rakoo]

Complete supposition: maybe teens' exposition to memes is through non-private messengers and apps, meaning all media is saved automatically on the phone and available through a search. I don't think the web is very much used still.

[TeMPOraL]

Yes, and the database is useful for all the situations when you saw a meme on someone else's device, or embedded in some piece of content, so you had no way to save it.