Darn. It doesn't even work with quote marks around the "aurelia -". I would have sworn that I tried this and it worked.
I must have done a threadsuck and a "find" with my P.C. control+F thingie. Sorry.
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Topic!Cindy - Dec 08, 2005 12:50:59 am PST #798 of 4673
What is even happening?
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2005 3:54:12 am PST #799 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The search currently applies to text bodies only, yes. There's no huge problem with searching on poster name. Well, apart from interface design.
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2005 11:06:53 am PST #800 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I think I was the problem on searching on poster name. I'd rather we didn't. Insert boilerplate comment about how that's just me here.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2005 11:18:49 am PST #801 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tangentially, why does that bother you, Liese?
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2005 11:27:10 am PST #802 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Well, it makes it marginally harder for creepy post-stalking. It means someone'd have to put in some effort to go find everything I've ever said. On other boards I use author search functions, so I suppose I'm hypocritical. You know how Nilly feels stalkery about isolating Tim's posts. For me it user search functions kinda feel like that for everybody.
Because we're so conversation based, there are fewer times when a post should stand without context. I dunno.
On the other hand, I do see the usefulness of it. I just kinda don't like it.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2005 11:30:53 am PST #803 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All the stalking I've encountered has been from people who don't mind a little effort. And threadsucking+^F barely counts as effort. But I'm not trying to talk you out of your stance, just to impress upon anyone feeling safe that you're not.
Jon B. - Dec 08, 2005 11:33:25 am PST #804 of 4673
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
When I was trying to find the post where Deb told me her flight number, it would have been a lot easier if I could have used the search function to sort through her F2F posts, rather than use cntl-F.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2005 11:33:33 am PST #805 of 4673
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There have been enough times that I've wanted to find a post and been unable to remember anything about it other than "Posted by Betsy about a month ago" that a user search function would be really useful. I can see the stalkery side, but it's outweighed by my own self-interest.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2005 11:35:05 am PST #806 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think stalkers will do the work, and non-stalkers just looking for info are the ones who'll feel frustrated by the lack.
Honestly, the reason I left it out is because it looked ugly on this page -- Jon, if you style it, I can enable it. The code is 90% there.
Liese S. - Dec 08, 2005 11:37:47 am PST #807 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Well, I suppose the first instance of stalking that I encountered (not myself, but a friend) was being done by someone with very serious intent, but not very serious technical skill. Suck & search would have been beyond their abilities. So that's probably the baggage that's banging around back there.
But then, you know, whatever. Don't suppose you could code it so I could opt out, eh? It could still default in.