# Search question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 28, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680 "2010-04-28T23:43:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680/1 "2010-04-28T23:43:49Z")

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How do you limit searches to all threads started by **Poster X**?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680/2 "2010-04-29T00:00:07Z")

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Find any post by user \> Click on Username \> View Public Profile \> Find all threads started by User

Or substitute the user id of the user in the following link:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?do=finduser&u=83120&starteronly=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?do=finduser&starteronly=1)

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680/3 "2010-04-29T00:08:22Z")

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Or you could just go to the Search page and select “Find threads started by user” below the username text field.

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-question/537680/4 "2010-04-29T00:15:57Z")

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Thanks!