# Search weirdness **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 16, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559 "2002-03-16T01:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/1 "2002-03-16T01:42:00Z")
Just wanted to post to let the techs and such know that I was doing a search at about 8:35EST, and the search screen started flickering and clicking, as if I were clicking “search” over and over. It kept fluttering and clicking, then finally stopped on a screen that says you can only search 1 time every 30 seconds. Then IE crashed and I had to reboot. Just FYI- I figured it would come up as some odd activity and I wanted to let you all know! Zette ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/2 "2002-03-16T02:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\*…and the search screen started flickering and clicking, as if I were clicking “search” over and over. It kept fluttering and clicking, \*\* Ha ha ha! You have come across the secret **Seizure Search** function, which is sometimes used to induce epileptic fits in trolls who are using the Search function. Somehow, during the software change-over, your name must have been added to the “troll” list. I’ll contact Cheri and Haley at once. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/3 "2002-03-16T05:58:00Z")
Zette - that definitely sounds odd. I am going to chalk it up to your computer needing some extra lovin’ and assume it’s a one-time occurrence until I hear someone else mention it. I’ve used the board quite a bit with Internet Explorer and Netscape and have yet to see that behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/4 "2002-03-16T06:28:46Z")
I did significant trolling with the search function today, and did see the screen that says you can only search 1 time every 30 seconds on several occasions. Once it simply refused to search when I hit the button repeatedly, but I never got any strange flickery-crashy weirdness like Zette. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/5 "2002-03-16T15:30:03Z")
Squink, and others tempted to experiment: could we **please** leave the experimenting with the search button until our server situation has improved? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/6 "2002-03-16T18:48:47Z")
Thanks for the info- I assumed it was a one time thing, but I didn’t want any weird red flags coming up saying “Hey, Zette tried to do 30,000 searches in 10 seconds. Cracker? could be!”, know what I mean? I did a few searches after that and all went fine. ::shrug:: Zette ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559/7 "2002-03-16T19:58:09Z")
Don’t worry Zette, so far we only have you flagged as amber. 😉