Recommendations from Comments on Online Social Networks

In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a user of an online social network, sending, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the user. The text post is associated with a query. The method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list. The initial recommendation list includes references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with one or more prior posts associated with the query. The method includes sending, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with the text post.