Is it bad form on this forum to say. "Use the search button?"

[Anonymous]

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@marty56 wrote:

I had a boss one time who liked to say RTFM a lot.  I guess here it would be UTFSB.  In case any one was wondering "F" stand for fargin.

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My favorite explanation is: "If you're my kid, it means Read the Furnished Materials." If not, well... There's the manual

As for these forums -  by far the most polite I frequent - I perfer to just say, "As for ____, there's tons of info elswhere in these forums."

(My total minutes is 5179, so close to 100 hrs...)

[GregB]

Okay guys,

The 100 hours was hyperbole. 100 minutes would certainly help, though............

[jdogi]

I hesitate to speak negatively about this forum, but really, the search just doesn't work very well.  I think that's why you'll see very few people recommending it to people.  We've almost certainly all tried it and we've almost certainly all been frustrated by it at some point.  I've long considered the search functionality to be the biggest  weakness of the site.  Fortunately, it is more than made up for by the quality members and moderators ;-)

[crunching_numbers]

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@jdogi wrote:

I hesitate to speak negatively about this forum, but really, the search just doesn't work very well.  I think that's why you'll see very few people recommending it to people.  We've almost certainly all tried it and we've almost certainly all been frustrated by it at some point.  I've long considered the search functionality to be the biggest  weakness of the site.  Fortunately, it is more than made up for by the quality members and moderators ;-)

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I beg to differ. The biggest weakness is the lack of multi-quote ability. The SECOND biggest weakness is the search function.

[Booner72]

The search button has always helped me, too.  But if people only used the search box there wouldn't be active communication.  But I do get irritated at the questions from people that have taken ZERO effort to find the answer, and I dont answer them.