I need posting help

My inquisitive mind | 1raider1

[1raider1]

Can any FReepers tell me why search defaults to keywords? For me, it is nearly impossible to find a specific article using them. Changing the search criterion to titles is a much better way, I feel. Is there some purpose for search being so, in my opinion, hard to use?

[humblegunner]

Changing the search criterion to titles is a much better way, I feel.

Selecting "title" on the drop-down menu is a lot of trouble?

[1raider1]

Selecting "title" on the drop-down menu is a lot of trouble?

I didn't mean that, I just wondered why the default is to keywords when titles seems to work much better.

[real saxophonist]

I agree, and that’s probably why there are so many duplicate posts. ‘Well, I did a search!’

[sodpoodle]

***** agree, and that’s probably why there are so many duplicate posts. ‘Well, I did a search!’******

Also, several posters have searched, found nothing and start to post - all at the same time. The speediest poster’s thread is followed by the slowpokes.

Notice how sometimes duplicate threads are just seconds apart.

[real saxophonist]

I’ve seen that too. Sometimes it seems like people sit on one site hitting refresh, refresh, refresh, until something new pops up, then they run here and post it.

[RandallFlagg]

I need posting help

Step 1: Read the title of the article.

Step 2: Comment on the title without reading the actual article.

Step 3: Deal with getting yelled at for only commenting on the title.

Repeat



It's how we roll...

;-)

[Delta 21]

Does this help?

[Red Badger]

You need help, but it ain’t with posting...................

[Leep]

Please do not post naked pictures of leftist.
Thanks

[1raider1]

That’s great! May I also suggest, read something clearly labeled semi-satire, get torqued-off and make a comment as if it was real.

[mabarker1]

No, No, No!

Open Thread, go to Comment 1, Reply with some meaningless mumbo-jumbo about a different Thread.

Rinse and repeat.

[mabarker1]

Dumber than stumps ? Nude commieratscumbags ?

[Leep]

Oh know they are on to me../s

[z3n]

Actually, TBH, I rarely start new topics because some of the options seem a little confusing.

[RandallFlagg]

OMG! You should look up old radio recordings of the Phil Hendrie Show in the mid ‘90s.
He’d start a show with a guest (Who he plays with a slight vocal distortion), bring up something outrageous, and reel in the outraged callers.
I remember one, “Guest,” who was suing the National Weather Service because as he was providing a ritual burial of his Mother’s ashes, a gust of wind blew the ashes all over his...ummmm.... private parts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hendrie

It’s pretty much the same on FR in the satire postings.

[TomGuy]

FR search has always been ... uh ... not the best.

I usually go to google, and after typing in the keywords, enter “site:freerepublic.com” [no quotes, no spaces]. That limits the search to the specified website.

Example Google search box: [1raider1 site:freerepublic.com]

The above would search for “1raider1” on “freerepublic.com”.

[Mad Dawg]

You can type your search like this:

Title:toons

[Kirkwood]

What is this search thing?

[deport]

Try this: Search Words to be found in article titles.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/search