This has been bugging me since I signed up. Two “thank yous” on the message that pops up while you’re waiting? I mean, given how taxing it supposedly is on the server, shouldn’t the message be a little ruder, a little more discouraging? Something more along the lines of “Since you’ve insisted on searching, Jackass, you can just go ahead and wait awhile.”
Or at least take it down to one thank you. It’s practically simpering, which doesn’t fit the SDMB ethos very well IMHO.
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It’s not a good idea to discourage every search. Most of the GQ threads I close are questions that have been answered within the last month. A one-month search for “entire thread” and a one-year search for “subject only” can save a lot of work by a lot of people. It can even save bandwidth. What do people do when they see a question that has already been answered? They do a search, of course.
We do encourage people to save their searches for the off hours. There are very few topics so important that they can’t wait a few hours.
Ah. Well. Maybe then the message could read “Since this is a busy time, we assume this is a search for good reason. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING.”
That would be the message during peak hours. During off-peak hours perhaps there could be a little bot installed that generated the appropriate message from a banked set of canned comments. Like:
“Another vanity search on your name, Cranky? The third one this week? Have you considered therapy?”
“Yes, the server is diligently searching for previous Fart threads. Thanks so much for looking.”
“Does your girlfriend know you’re searching for more of jarbaby’s posts?”
“Cyberstalking: your ticket to a restraining order.”
You know, stuff like that. 
I disagree. When I see posters do something funny, creative, or informative I usually do a “search by author” so I can read more of the same. It’s a neat feature that way.
I agree that it is pathetic to use the feature to go back with an eye for insult material and new ways to fuck with a person. However, the good outweighs the bad, even if some bitchy types use it for petty slander. It’s a good feature to have around, IMHO, so keep it!
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It’s a bit like the screen you get when you post a reply, which always reminds me of Big Gay Al from South Park:
“Hi! Thanks for POS-TIIIIING!!”
I remember seeing a heavily edited gangster type movie on a broadcast channel.
You could tell it was a bad dub-job because one guy, confronting a rival, yelled “you know what, thank you!”
Than the other guy made a blurry gesture and said “oh yeah, go thank yourself…”
I think its in that spirit that “thank you” is being used when you search the message board at 2:00PM CST.
I wonder if people thank their wives often, in that world?
Is it a very thankful society?
Do they practice safe thanking?
You know, with a cond-gratulation? (It doesn’t precisely fit, but my online thesaurus is lacking.)
hehehe… he said “thesaurus”