How do i search a thread to find my posts?

Spacehead

Lifer
Jun 2, 2002
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The other day i wanted to find my posts in the thread "Can it be the LAST? Answer: Yes if you wish. See within! Unsubscribe from weekly newsletter here." so i could quote them.

I tried Search>>Advanced>>Search Threads & filled in the following:
Keywords - Can it be the LAST? Answer: Yes if you wish. See within! Unsubscribe from weekly newsletter here.
Posted by - Spacehead
Search in forums - Forum Issues and Feedback

No results


Tried filling in:
Keywords - Can it be the LAST?
Posted by - Spacehead
Search in forums - Forum Issues and Feedback

Got 2 results from me, these threads
MMohammed Stop Spamming Me!!!!!!!!!!!
Captcha error?
and some way older ones. Top result was a post in the correct thread by someone else.


Tried filling in:
Keywords - Can it be the LAST?
Posted by - Spacehead
Newer than - 2020-06-30
Search in forums - Forum Issues and Feedback

1 result in the thread
MMohammed Stop Spamming Me!!!!!!!!!!!


What i'm i doing wrong or does the search still suck here?
Would come in handy for something like the movie thread in OT for example.
 

allisolm

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Jan 2, 2001
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When you search for words posted by one particular person, It looks for words that person posted rather than the title of the thread.

Try advanced search, search threads, keywords "unsubscribe" , posted by Spacehead in Forum Issues and Feedback.

That worked for me. .
 
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Spacehead

Lifer
Jun 2, 2002
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OK, thanks.
Seems like there should be an easy way to find your own posts without having to remember words you posted before.
 

UsandThem

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OK, thanks.
Seems like there should be an easy way to find your own posts without having to remember words you posted before.
The search function has been bad here for a long time.

Usually when I want to find a thread, I just Google it. For example, the mega movie thread: "Anandtech forums movies watched".
 

Spacehead

Lifer
Jun 2, 2002
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OK, just for future reference i tried the following in DuckDuckGo:
Code:
site:forums.anandtech.com "List some movies you've watched recently." "Spacehead"
4 results gave me 4 of the five of my posts in that thread. Doing the same with Google showed 3 results, one of them giving me the 5th of my posts.
Those take me to the correct page & i used 'Ctrl F' in Firefox to take me to the actual post in that page.