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posted ago by gobby ago by gobby +181 / -0

Hi Frens, FractalizingIron's post about including sauce when posting reminded me of this. Please, please, PLEASE make your post titles searchable. There is a wealth of great information on this board, and it's possible to find information posted even years ago - - if you can search with the correct terms.

A lot of people complain about the search feature here. (Apparently, it doesn't work for everyone.) And of course, it doesn't search the content of threads, just the titles. That's why it's so important to have good keywords in your titles - so that you and frens can find that info at a latter time.

For instance, post titles like,

"You're not going to believe this!"

"Here we go again."

"Must see!"

.... and others that don't contain keywords relevant to the post will likely fade away in a day or so and never be seen again EVEN IF THEY CONTAIN GOOD INFO. But post titles that use specific keywords relevant to the post can be searched and found years later. Here's an example. Say you're going to post that video of Gavin Newsome in a zoom call with Biden, complaining about misinformation regarding the fires in his state. You might consider using any of these examples,

Cali Democrat whines. Who's surprised?

Typical democrat ducking responsibility.

Can you believe the nerve of this guy?

And anybody trying to find that thread again won't be able to find it. Instead, using specific keywords would allow you or others to find the thread again. Something such as this:

Gavin Newsome decries Misinformation about California Fires.

With that title, a person could find that thread using any of these search terms,

Gavin Newsome

Misinformation

California Fires

I actually wrote about this post title issue a few years ago and the thread was even stickied. Clear post titles seem like such an obvious thing, and we're probably all guilty of being vague at times. But I think it bears repeating. Please, help your frens and yourself out by thinking of helpful and searchable key words when posting a new thread. Cheers, frens.