# what does the buddy list do/finding recent posts by a particular poster

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**Created:** [July 4, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-buddy-list-do-finding-recent-posts-by-a-particular-poster/117381 "2002-07-04T18:07:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![piaffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@piaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piaffe)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-buddy-list-do-finding-recent-posts-by-a-particular-poster/117381/1 "2002-07-04T18:07:25Z")

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Is there something analagous to subscribing to a thread that can be used to keep up with a particular poster’s recent posts (other than doing a search)? I tried to do this by adding someone to my buddy list, but I can’t figure out what the buddy list does.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-buddy-list-do-finding-recent-posts-by-a-particular-poster/117381/2 "2002-07-04T23:31:29Z")

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[FAQs rock.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?action=faq&page=1#buddy)

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**Author:** ![piaffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@piaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piaffe)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-buddy-list-do-finding-recent-posts-by-a-particular-poster/117381/3 "2002-07-05T16:56:53Z")

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Thanks; sorry for not noticing that.