# Search Function a Bit Wonky

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-a-bit-wonky/236296
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**Created:** [March 25, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-a-bit-wonky/236296 "2004-03-25T05:36:30Z")
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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-a-bit-wonky/236296/1 "2004-03-25T05:36:30Z")

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Yeah, I know, it’s a surprise. Anyway, I was looking for a particular thread which just so happens to have my Doper name in the thread title, and the search I did was set to check **only** the thread titles (from “any date”), yet I get a thread entitled

> [@](#):
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> If Mars ice is water, dismal for terraformers?

(out of a total of 4 threads, none of which are the one I’m looking for). Now, I realize that search engines are stupid things and can be fooled at times by combinations of letters which are close to what you’re looking for, but do you see a friggin’ **u** anywhere in that thread title? Do you see a combination of four letters (since the search engine only allows words as short as four letters) in that title which are identical to my username? I don’t. So what gives???