# How do I search for threads by a certain poster? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 20, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717 "2000-10-20T22:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/1 "2000-10-20T22:36:00Z")
Sorry if this is a lame question. I thought you could just put search by username and title only and it would show threads by the user. Not. Is it possible to do this? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/2 "2000-10-20T22:47:16Z")
Where it says ‘SEARCH BY USER NAME’ input the username. I use that. Did you try that? It should work. If you want to, at the same time put in a word in the other box. So, to find out how many posts you have about sex, put ‘sex’ in the word box & your name in the name box. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/3 "2000-10-20T22:53:32Z")
Maybe I should have added emphasis to the searching for **threads _by_ a certain poster** part. Sorry. I want to narrow the search to threads that only I have started, how do I do that? Using the search by user name in subject only doesn’t work for me. It just brings up all the threads that the user has posted in. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/4 "2000-10-20T23:13:14Z")
AFAIK, you can’t do it. I’d like to, also, but I can’t. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/5 "2000-10-20T23:17:18Z")
Yeah, it would be especially helpful to you, Homer, finding the ones you were to drunk to remember starting 🙂 I don’t think it’s possible, though. Sorry, Demo. ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/6 "2000-10-21T01:50:06Z")
\*\* [Searching for posts by a specific user](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35395) - evilbeth\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-threads-by-a-certain-poster/37717/7 "2000-10-23T01:42:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > **Yeah, it would be especially helpful to you, Homer, finding the ones you were to drunk to remember starting 🙂** Sadly, that’s EXACTLY what I planned on doing. –Tim