# Why does the search fuction only return 3 threads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-fuction-only-return-3-threads/40033>\
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**Created:** [November 7, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-fuction-only-return-3-threads/40033 "2000-11-07T00:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-fuction-only-return-3-threads/40033/1 "2000-11-07T00:19:46Z")

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For the past couple of days when I’ve been running a search by my user name to see where I’ve been lately, I only get 3 or 4 threads, obviously only the ones that have been posted to very recently.  
Has the search function been limited?

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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-fuction-only-return-3-threads/40033/2 "2000-11-07T00:48:49Z")

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Nevermind

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**Author:** ![The\_Fear\_of\_Id](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@The\_Fear\_of\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fear_of_Id)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-fuction-only-return-3-threads/40033/3 "2000-11-07T01:36:39Z")

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That “since # of days” setting seems to have caught a lot of people off guard.