Strange word on your screen called "search"

onefitdiva
onefitdiva Posts: 331 Member
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Is it just me?? Why is the search button ignored???? So many threads repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...... Well you get the message. Or maybe not. :tongue:

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  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    Too funny! :laugh: Personally, if I have a question or concern or gripe or whatever... I want to write it out myself and get answers for myself. I don't always want to read through 456 comments on some other thread :bigsmile:
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    I use google.
  • onefitdiva
    onefitdiva Posts: 331 Member
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:

    Touche.... however many newer people do not know that obviously if they are not using it, if they used search to search the topic "search" we would not be seeing so many repeat threads cause they would know to use the search tab..
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    If you point it out to someone, do it nicely. The mods will hammer you otherwise.
  • ymhand
    ymhand Posts: 188
    :explode: :sad: :bigsmile:
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:

    Touche.... however many newer people do not know that obviously if they are not using it, if they used search to search the topic "search" we would not be seeing so many repeat threads cause they would know to use the search tab..
    Oh ok, then let's just spam the boards every day with this.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:
    :laugh:
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    don't sweat the small stuff...........

    or, MAYBE DO! it could burn a bunch o'calories!!!

    :glasses: :bigsmile: :glasses: :bigsmile: :glasses: :bigsmile:
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Will I go into starvation mode faster if I don't use the search button?
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Too funny! :laugh: Personally, if I have a question or concern or gripe or whatever... I want to write it out myself and get answers for myself. I don't always want to read through 456 comments on some other thread :bigsmile:
    I feel like there's a difference between repeat OPINION threads, which might not be resolved to the satisfaction of the asker, and repeat "How do I ________" threads. For example, I have seen some version of the question "Why doesn't logging strength training give me any calories?" asked at least two dozen times in the past week. A simple search OR reading the help section topics would have given them the answer.
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,262 Member
    Is it just me?? Why is the search button ignored???? So many threads repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...... Well you get the message. Or maybe not. :tongue:

    I think a lot of people genuinely think because something has just occurred to them, it's never occurred to anyone else either.

    Some others are just lazy, and some just want something, anything, to say.

    Most questions asked on Mfp could be successfully researched via the internet, so often it's just a vehicle for starting a thread and making contact with other users I suppose. If you've been here anything longer than a couple of months though, the repeats are worse than refried beans,
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Glad we cleared that up. Once and for all.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    It is January, there are a lot of new people who do not know how to use the site. To those of us on here for any amount of time this seems very obvious, but others may still be confused. And frankly the search feature isn't so wonderful as people can title their topic posts a bazillion different ways on the same subject.

    My two cents, worth about a cent and a half.
  • PeaceLuvVeggies
    PeaceLuvVeggies Posts: 375 Member
    If you point it out to someone, do it nicely. The mods will hammer you otherwise.

    This.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    If the search function actually WORKED half the time, then there would not be this issue. But honestly, the search function sucks on this site and does not search well at all.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    It is January, there are a lot of new people who do not know how to use the site. To those of us on here for any amount of time this seems very obvious, but others may still be confused. And frankly the search feature isn't so wonderful as people can title their topic posts a bazillion different ways on the same subject.

    My two cents, worth about a cent and a half.
    If the search function actually WORKED half the time, then there would not be this issue. But honestly, the search function sucks on this site and does not search well at all.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help
  • StartingOver4Me
    StartingOver4Me Posts: 192
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:


    you took the words STRAIGHT out of my mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have seen this exact one posted a gazillion times over!
  • nansidhe
    nansidhe Posts: 19 Member
    this thread has been brought up over and over and over and over as well.... :laugh:

    Ha! You beat me to it.
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    yay I won! be jealous all because I was first and said the magic words.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    It is January, there are a lot of new people who do not know how to use the site. To those of us on here for any amount of time this seems very obvious, but others may still be confused. And frankly the search feature isn't so wonderful as people can title their topic posts a bazillion different ways on the same subject.

    My two cents, worth about a cent and a half.
    If the search function actually WORKED half the time, then there would not be this issue. But honestly, the search function sucks on this site and does not search well at all.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help

    Yes, thank you, but none of that really addresses the issues I brought up (i.e. multiple title listings, etc). But appreciate the link for the newbies.
  • livnlite
    livnlite Posts: 520
    On a forum like this, where people come together to talk and chitchat about any number of topics, It's not about JUST getting a straight answer. Most often people don't JUST want a simple answer to a simple question .. They want a discussion about it .. They don't want to review OLD discussions, they want to be involved in one .... Thus the theory for labeling sites like this a "discussion forum".

    Another nice feature about these forums is the ability to scan through threads and decide for yourself if you want to join in. If you don't .. then move on to another thread. Hmmpf .. now come to think of it, I don't know whether or not this comment is my own, or I am just repeating something that I read here earlier. Sorry!
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    yay I won! be jealous all because I was first and said the magic words.

    Everyone on MFP is jealous of everyone. Oh, and we're all here to sabotage each other.
  • T0M0
    T0M0 Posts: 250 Member
    Hi all,

    I have locked this topic as it going no where fast.

    We actually encourage members to post questions that may have been answered elsewhere. Previous threads are an excellent informational resource. But interacting with other members in a new "live" thread is a part of the social experience that we hope keeps new members coming back to MyFitnessPal for more.

    If you're not interested in participating in a repeated thread, feel free to move on without posting. Abrupt responses can be discouraging to new members, and we'd prefer to keep the experience in the forums as positive as possible.


    T0M0
    MFP Moderator
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