It doesn’t work at all. you have to use google, and search for your keywords with freerepublic.
I fall back on ixquick when I have to, but the FR “Search” function has been there since its inception. Is it a lost cause then? Because then we could just dispense with it altogether and simply learn to live with multiple threads concerning the same story if there is no other option.
Then again, some posters seem to think that is the case even now...
I mean, I do not really care that the “Pings” and “Mail” indicators on the thread pages have not worked since about 2002 or thereabouts, since the indicators on the main index page continue to function, but if the “Search” feature *cough* is so un-necessary, why include it at all?
Duh. How simple! Thank you, Yaelle. It never even entered my mind & I google *everything*.