# Searching for posts by the poster’s name only
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312
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**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312 "2022-08-08T15:52:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/1 "2022-08-08T15:52:55Z")
To further explain: my user name is also the name of an iconic guitar brand. If I do a search for my posts or threads, is there a way to do so that excludes all the instances in guitar threads?
IOW, search for “Stratocaster” instances as a poster only, not for every instance of a mention of the guitar.
My own damn fault for choosing that name.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/2 "2022-08-08T16:35:05Z")
You can just go to a poster’s activity page. Yours is below:
> **[Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stratocaster/activity)**
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/3 "2022-08-08T16:39:32Z")
You can also try searching for @Stratocaster
For all that, to find your own posts, just search for @me
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### Author:  [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/4 "2022-08-08T17:02:46Z")
Thanks, guys. Simple enough…
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/5 "2022-08-08T17:54:26Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> You can also try searching for @Stratocaster
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> For all that, to find your own posts, just search for @me
Thanks, I didn’t know about that. But the posts from this method do come up in what seems to be random order (not date, not topic, as far as I can see). So you can narrow the search by using a search term in quotes after the @me. Like @me “gophers” will find any posts I have (ever?) made where the word “gophers” is used. (I found this out by trying it. There were 6 posts. Too many gophers.)
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/6 "2022-08-08T18:02:53Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> But the posts from this method do come up in what seems to be random order (not date, not topic, as far as I can see).
I think the sorting is by whatever Discourse calls “relevance.” There should be a box on the right that lets you sort by relevance, most recent post, and so on.
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### Author:  [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/7 "2022-08-08T18:39:32Z")
I tried looking for Eve’s postings the other day and @Eve came up dry – didn’t even come up with her name when the suggestions came up. I figured,having retired before the Great Discourse Migration, none of her works transitioned and no one noticed.
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/8 "2022-08-08T18:56:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#):
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> I tried looking for Eve’s postings the other day
That should have worked. It worked for me.
Just to make sure it wasn’t a mod/admin thing I unbanned one of our test accounts and searched from there. All of Eve’s posts came up.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/9 "2022-08-08T18:57:38Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40Eve%20order%3Alatest](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%40Eve%20order%3Alatest)
Dunno what happened in your case, of course, but if you try to copy/paste the name in, it won’t work a lot of times.
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/10 "2022-08-08T19:01:43Z")
Echoing e\_c\_g, I tried the @Eve search and it returned hundreds of hits.
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### Author:  [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/11 "2022-08-08T20:57:30Z")
And now mine does too. Weird. I was looking for the brunch with Olivia DeHaviland thread thread.
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/12 "2022-08-09T01:29:51Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> I think the sorting is by whatever Discourse calls “relevance.” There should be a box on the right that lets you sort by relevance, most recent post, and so on.
I don’t see a box on the right (or in any other direction). If I click on the 3-line menu it takes me to a page where a lot of filters are available, but no sorting.
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/13 "2022-08-09T06:47:16Z")
The sorting option doesn’t come up until you get the results of the search. Then you narrow it down by newest, latest, etc.
So you do a search for @eve and when the results come up, it’s always sorted by relevance. You can change that by clicking on the “sort by” button.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/14 "2022-09-05T08:44:12Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> the 3-line menu
I recently learned that’s called a _hamburger menu_ or _hamburger button_.
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312/15 "2022-09-06T04:15:23Z")
> [@Monty](#):
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> hamburger menu
Yup, this is the term I learned and what I call it (when I guide/tutor/consult/etc.). Think of it as a patty between a top and bottom bun.