Search Features /Search Button

[jamesgabrielallon]

Why is there no search function on this site. Seems extremely counterintuitive & arduously onerous for no apparent reason. The normal thread search simply doesn't cut it. it's impossibly cumbersome to comb through thread after thread for a specific piece of information that could easily be retrieved with even a basic search function.
Is this a difference between desktop and mobile views or ami i missing something?

 

[existentiallinguine]

There is one. It unlocks as you make more posts to prevent trolls and bad actors from misusing the site. I think you need like 15 to 20. It doesn't take long and the community is great here and you'll have some good conversations.

 

[BradGuy123]

I thought the same thing when I first joined. I'll echo what the previous person said. I don't know how many posts/replies it takes to show up but it does eventually. Look to the bottom of a user name in a post and you'll see the date they joined and a number. That number is the count. It increments every time you make a post or reply to a post. Once it hits a certain unknown number, you will see the search feature in the top right of your browser.

 

[jamesgabrielallon]

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There is one. It unlocks as you make more posts to prevent trolls and bad actors from misusing the site. I think you need like 15 to 20. It doesn't take long and the community is great here and you'll have some good conversations

There is one. It unlocks as you make more posts to prevent trolls and bad actors from misusing the site. I think you need like 15 to 20. It doesn't take long and the community is great here and you'll have some good conversations.

Do the posts have to be in suicide discussion or can they be in off topic as well. Wouldn't this mechanism result in more spam/low effort posts from users just trying to get the search button?

 

[existentiallinguine]

Do the posts have to be in suicide discussion or can they be in off topic as well. Wouldn't this mechanism result in more spam/low effort posts from users just trying to get the search button?

I'm not a mod, so I can't tell you what it results in. I have heard its preferential to here and recovery but I don't know how true that is. I'd recommend you just explore boards that interest you. It's not the most optimal search to begin with imo, so take your time getting used to the site and meeting people. It will help you navigate anyway.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

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Do the posts have to be in suicide discussion or can they be in off topic as well. Wouldn't this mechanism result in more spam/low effort posts from users just trying to get the search button?

Any topic. Doesn't matter. It's just the way it is. Whether, or not, the rule results in more spam or low effort posting is something for the administration and mods to deal with. That's out of your control. You just need to do what you need to do in order to get to the search function you seem to desire.