Taiwan Forum Search

Taiwan Forum Search Skill

Purpose

Search Taiwan's major online communities for discussions, opinions, and information that may not appear well in general web search. Great for:

• Local opinions and sentiment
• Product reviews (3C, cars)
• Career/interview experiences
• Gaming discussions
• Political discourse
• Real-time reactions to events

Supported Forums

How to Use

Quick Search (Brave site: operator)

For most searches, use web_search with site: operator:

Query: "site:ptt.cc 面試 [公司名]"
Query: "site:dcard.tw 薪水 [職位]"
Query: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 開箱"
Query: "site:forum.gamer.com.tw [遊戲名]"

Direct Fetch (for browsing latest posts)

For PTT boards (non-18+ content):

URL: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/{BoardName}/index.html

Popular boards:
- Stock (股票)
- Tech_Job (科技業)
- Gossiping (八卦) - requires 18+ cookie
- job (工作)
- Salary (薪資)
- Soft_Job (軟體工作)
- studyabroad (留學)

For Mobile01:

URL: https://www.mobile01.com/topiclist.php?f={forum_id}

Popular forums:
- f=568 (Samsung)
- f=566 (HTC)
- f=634 (小米)
- f=423 (Android軟體)

For 巴哈姆特:

URL: https://forum.gamer.com.tw/B.php?bsn={game_id}

Search Patterns

Job/Career Research

# Company interview experiences
site:ptt.cc OR site:dcard.tw "[公司名]" 面試

# Salary benchmarks
site:ptt.cc Tech_Job OR Salary "[職位]" 年薪

# Work culture
site:dcard.tw "[公司名]" 工作環境 OR 加班

Product Research

# Product reviews
site:mobile01.com "[產品名]" 開箱 OR 心得

# Comparison
site:mobile01.com "[產品A]" vs "[產品B]"

# Problems/issues
site:mobile01.com "[產品名]" 災情 OR 問題

Gaming/ACG

# Game discussions
site:forum.gamer.com.tw "[遊戲名]" 攻略

# Reviews
site:forum.gamer.com.tw "[遊戲名]" 心得 OR 評價

Sentiment/Opinion

# Political discussions (PTT Gossiping equivalent topics appear in other boards)
site:ptt.cc "[話題]" 看法 OR 怎麼看

# Hot topics
site:ptt.cc "[事件]" 爆卦 OR 新聞

Limitations

1. PTT Gossiping Board: Requires 18+ cookie verification - use site:ptt.cc Gossiping search instead of direct fetch
2. Dcard Direct Fetch: Blocked by Cloudflare - use site:dcard.tw search only
3. Rate Limits: Space out requests to avoid being blocked
4. Content Age: Search results may include older content; check dates

Board Name Reference

PTT Popular Boards

Dcard Popular Forums

Mobile01 Forum IDs

Example Workflows

Research a company before interview

1. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [公司名] 面試"
2. web_search: "site:dcard.tw [公司名] 面試心得"
3. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [公司名] 薪水 年終"
4. Summarize findings

Product purchase decision

1. web_search: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 開箱 心得"
2. web_search: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 災情 問題"
3. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [產品] 推薦"
4. Compare pros/cons

Track breaking news sentiment

1. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [事件關鍵字]" (sort by freshness if available)
2. web_fetch PTT board directly for latest
3. Summarize discussion themes

Tips

1. Use Traditional Chinese for search queries (繁體中文)
2. Add board name for PTT to narrow results: site:ptt.cc/bbs/Tech_Job
3. Combine sources for comprehensive view
4. Check post dates - forum content ages quickly
5. PTT jargon: 推 = upvote/agree, 噓 = downvote/disagree, 爆 = popular thread

Made for Taiwan local context research 🇹🇼