Search by poster gone?

advanced search isnt working for me at all now is it my broswer (firefox

I'm on the app

It's still there for me. (Desktop, Safari)

same here

Is this happening again as I can't search by username?

Hell yeah, I just did some nefarious searching

Did you pay first...?😉

My view is that if you’re going to post on a huge worldwide accessible chat forum - then you either own what you publish come what may or you frequently name change. The onus doesn’t rely on others to avoid you being caught out telling fibs or being embarrassed about something you revealed in a past thread.

Thirty second search as I couldn’t be bothered to read beyond first dozen threads that had been posted in but I know @pleasepleasepleasehelp enjoys long drawn orgasms; fancies Matt Hancock, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer and that she and her DH enjoy cycling every day to local woodland.

Hell yeah, I just did some nefarious searching

I always search

I find it fascinating that others don’t. Some pour their hearts and souls in to supporting posters. I do a quick search - bullshit story in more cases that I can remember over the years!

I've just done a bit of searching and reported a couple of posters who I was sure were up to nefarious stuff... you know the usual, dodgy posts with no username history. I'm pleased to report they've been deleted

Doesn't make any sense though

Of course it does. The only people who wouldn't want to be able to search by poster name are those who have reason not to want to be searched. It makes just as much sense as people only wanting it for nefarious reasons.

Excellent! With no scope for rabid, nefarious stalking I had no idea what to do with myself!

Brilliant! It's back! I probably won't want it for months but it's there if I do

@pleasepleasepleasehelp

For god's sake. Of course I don't remember the name of the poster I typed out the recipe for. But I can remember roughly when and I search back at my posts.

At least own it, and admit that you just want the 'search for a poster' function to try and catch people out, because you think it makes you look clever, when you throw stuff in their face

Stop it now you rude person. You are calling me a liar and I dont take kindly to that one little bit. As I said twice on here, I have only searched a poster once before. I have been here 16 or 17 years, and once done a search on someone so just jog on.

And... 'threads I'm watching' has the capacity of 20 threads, that is all. Your MN might be different but that is mine.

There's something very odd about your posts and your vehement hatred of advanced search by name. I assume you have been caught out like this and that's why you dislike it.

Glad to see you've decided to take a break. I suggest a damp flannel and a lie down and maybe think about not being so rude to other posters in the future.

Ooh, just checked and it's back!

@PurpleDaisies we can get back to our rabid stalking now

I have to say, this thread hasn’t quite gone the way I expected

PurpleDaisies
Nope. That was quite an unusual evolution.....

@PurpleDaisies, I dont think many would expect to be told off by another poster when asking a perfectly reasonable question about the functionality of the site (on Site Stuff no less). I think the lockdown has caused some to get so riled up they'd start an argument in an empty room to be honest.

Well that esculated!!
I like AS and regularly look up usernames to have a nosey, especially if something is referenced but not part of the thread or if someone mentions a user and I want to know more about them.

Does being a nosey bugger come under nefarious reasons?

What a bizarre thing though, to have a temper tantrum over someone asking where a long standing function of this forum has gone

Even in these surreal times, the vehemence of this reaction has made a bizarre impression...

I'm bored now anyway. I'm off to sunbathe outside.

I'm not winning this argument no one asked for, so I'm stomping off to my own back garden where the bumblebees can hear all about how very right I am

There, fixed that for you.

What a bizarre thing though, to have a temper tantrum over someone asking where a long standing function of this forum has gone, trying to make out anyone whose ever used it is some unhinged stalker. Guess this lockdown makes us all bored in different ways.

Er, the forcefully bizarre comments I was referring to were yours @pleasepleasepleasehelp

I'm bored now anyway. I'm off to sunbathe outside.

And say 'good riddance' if you like.

I don't care.

Keep enjoying your utter denial.