# Searching for my posts seems to default to every Pit thread for the past 20 years

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957 "2020-06-25T11:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957/1 "2020-06-25T11:38:32Z")

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When I search for my posts, it seems to default to sorting all the Pit threads first. So that’s fun.

Is there a way to change that it defaults to “most recent” or something?

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957/2 "2020-06-25T13:53:31Z")

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See the ‘Sort by’ box at the top right of the search results.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957/3 "2020-06-25T19:12:22Z")

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Is there any way to have the “Sort by” box default to “Most Recent” instead of “Most Relevant”?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957/4 "2020-06-25T19:13:58Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> Is there any way to have the “Sort by” box default to “Most Recent” instead of “Most Relevant”?

I don’t think so. It’s been on my wish-list.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-my-posts-seems-to-default-to-every-pit-thread-for-the-past-20-years/912957/5 "2020-06-25T19:15:04Z")

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Ok. Thanks anyway.