Search by poster gone?

[PurpleDaisies]

Just tried to find an old post of mine and spotted the search by poster option has gone.

Is this a mistake?

I've just noticed this too.

Bad move.

I noticed too

BAD MOVE

Not impressed

Especially as I was following some people whose opinion I value on CV & now can’t find them

VERY unimpressed.

God, what was the point of this, MNHQ??

You can still search on the app, not specifically by poster but you can put their name in the search field.
It's pretty much meaningless as so many people name change frequently.

A glitch, surely, not a deliberate change?

I have a vague memory of someone on a thread a day or so ago saying that they'd done a search and it had brought up unexpected results. Perhaps there's a glitch and MNHQ has removed that search option for a bit.

Urghhh hope we're not to be forced off the old-school mobile site

"An old search of mine"

Yeah right who were you searching for ?

That's like "asking for a friend"...

I wouldn't be surprised if it's deliberate.
There are some seriously angry posters on some threads, it could be related to posters tracking others to berate them iyswim

@WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles I search posters all the time but this genuinely was me! I was looking for a recipe I’d linked to once and then forgotten. It was a recipe for focaccia in the Lakeland catalogue.!!!

I've just noticed this when trying to see if a poster who'd started a highly suspicious thread was 'new' or not. Hope it's just a glitch.

It was working a few hours ago. It's probably temporary.

I use it to track down my flapjack recipe. And Suzy Wong Brownies (although I've saved that now)

As an aside OP, have you tried searching for your recipe thread using the 'I started' thread option, on the bar with hide/watch etc?

Sorry, just below the Advanced Search button would be a more accurate description of where it is.

I found it on google.

Should have thought of that first!

Sorry we've had to turn this off temporarily to fix a bug. Big apologies for the inconvenience - will let you know our eta for getting this back up and running soonest.

Excellent. Glad it’s not a permanent decision.

Thanks!

phew

Echoing PurpleDaisies - hope this can be sorted out soon JustineMumsnet.

I have only ever used it to find specific threads that I have found useful. If there are others using it for nefarious purposes then, if they are that determined, they would find other ways anyway.

Ah, OK. Very glad to see it's not permanent.

Does this mean tech is finally getting round to fixing Advanced Search @JustineMumsnet?

'That's like "asking for a friend"...'

What a shame it's only temporary. I bet the rabid stalkers are most put out.

I bet the rabid stalkers are most put out

We're not rabid stalkers, we're merely conducting research