Please turn on search (i read the FAQ)

[Cergorach]

First, yes i read the FAQ, i know why the search feature was turned off in the past.

But we're now on a mega new machine that theoretically could handle the strain.

Why i want this? Not to search for the occasional subject. It's for me not getting nuts! I keep seeing new threads popping up every five days with Fields of Blood in the header. I keep wanting to yell, LOOK BEFORE YOU ASK! But i can't very well expect people to browse through each and every page to search for the subject they are looking for, now can i.

Thus pleaseeeeeeee Morrus! Turn on the search feature again, or i might loose the little bit of sanity i have left. The strain caused by the search feature should be offset by the fact that people would make less similar posts in a small period of time. Pleaseeeee run a trial run.

 

[Piratecat]

I believe that search is available only to community supporters. I could be mistaken, though.

 

[Morrus]

I believe that search is available only to community supporters. I could be mistaken, though.

You'd be correct. It's available to those who helped pay for the server that made the feature possible.

 

[Cergorach]

Erm... I know that, but the community supporters aren't the problem, people who post and don't look any further than their nose is long (something gets lost in the translation ;-) are the problem. It pollutes the forums, it pollutes the database, it annoys people, it makes people rude (how many times do you answer the exact same question pollitely), it's making me nuts (no nuts no glory!).

What would it take to get the Search function to be made public again? Giving community supporters all kinds of dandy features is pretty nice and brings in some hard needed cash, but the search function is one of the more essential features of a BBS.

 

[Piratecat]

...but the search function is one of the more essential features of a BBS.

So, my friend, are donations.

 

[Cergorach]

So, my friend, are donations.

I know and understand that perfectly, therefore i ask what is needed to release the search function to the public again...

I wasn't a 'community supporter' yet (i kind of forgot, sorry), so i signed up three minutes ago. But that still doesn't solve the darned problem!

I don't know about the other folks who payed for the comming year, but i don't really mind it if i pay for features that someone else uses...

 

[Piratecat]

Sorry, I was being pithy, not helpful. I understand what you're saying. I'll let Morrus address this, I think.

And thank you for donating!!

 

[Morrus]

Problem is, that would be vastly unfair to those that actually donated for the privilage.

 

[Cergorach]

Problem is, that would be vastly unfair to those that actually donated for the privilage.

Why not post a poll for the people who payed for the privilage? Or send a private message to everyone who has payed for the privilage and ask them? And why unfair, we still have other kewl options to play with, and plenty of reason to feel L33T.

 

[Morrus]

As long as there is a single person who feels that it's unfair, then it's unfair. This isn't a majority situation. Any poll would have to result in a completely unanimous vote from those who have aid.