# A question about searching threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-searching-threads/83601>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-searching-threads/83601 "2001-09-25T00:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-searching-threads/83601/21 "2001-09-28T02:03:10Z")

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That’s right. And to highlight the problem, three times today I couldn’t get into a thread right away- I got a message and had to Refresh. The message was from the Search Engine that too many people were searching at once.

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