A crash course section on the front page or linked to a separate section

with links to threads that repeatedly get made

I.E. "The Speeding Ticket Thread"

etc

and you can have the mods pick em or whatever

whatever they're tired of locking up due to duplicate major threads already created on the subject.

also makes them easier to find and organize

12/12/2007 10:23:17 AM

i don't think this is exactly the correct answer but the idea is good

12/12/2007 10:27:58 AM

its not a fix all

but as a member of another msg board that operates somewhat similar to tww as far as membership is concerned

it helps a lot

wastes less of your time

12/12/2007 10:35:26 AM

1) Speeding ticket advice
2) textbook exchange
3)michael vick

12/12/2007 10:50:30 AM

haha yeah

i mean the only things you put in there are the threads that come up ad nauseum

12/12/2007 11:09:55 AM

message_search.aspx

12/12/2007 11:25:14 AM

maybe the search will be one of the things nael fixes

right now it seems like stopping the popups is too much for him though

12/12/2007 11:39:25 AM

whats wrong with the search? it searches titles just fine, always has.

i've been here for well over 5 years, and i can't remember post search ever working if thats what you're referring to. i would assume thats a hardware issue...performance and what not.

12/12/2007 11:44:47 AM

proper way to implement this:

stickies

12/12/2007 9:44:24 PM

do you know how long people have been begging for sticky threads on this site?

it has about as much chance of happening as any event with very small odds

12/12/2007 10:12:33 PM

Quote :

"i've been here for well over 5 years, and i can't remember post search ever working if thats what you're referring to. i would assume thats a hardware issue...performance and what not."

I'm pretty sure post search hasn't been gone for that long.

But yes, site performance was indeed the reason given for why it was removed.

12/13/2007 2:40:13 AM

Quote :

"I'm pretty sure post search hasn't been gone for that long."

it has.

back in the day it used to be awesome, but the site just got too big, and would give you "oh shit" errors after a few minutes.

12/13/2007 7:44:39 AM

i like the idea of stickies in theory but they're ugly

but i more like the idea of the top X ased questions

where X = # of threads that will fit on a page

and having a section for that

12/13/2007 8:06:02 AM

12/14/2007 2:58:52 PM

Quote :

"i don't think this is exactly the correct answer but the idea is good"

that would be kinda nice, especially considering the "search" feature isn't all that great sometimes

12/21/2007 12:55:35 AM

the problem with the search is you can only put one main keyword to find what you want

if you put "cook today" its hard as fuck to find the "what did you cook today thread"...if you put the word cook, it only comes up with one page of results and its easy to find it

12/21/2007 12:59:59 AM

using google to search for tww threads is easier than using tww's search

[Edited on December 21, 2007 at 9:35 AM. Reason : e]

12/21/2007 9:35:36 AM