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ubuntu forums recently added a feature that when you type the name of the thread, it automatically shows up similar threads. I think such a feature should be added here to reduce amount of noob spam. also it should only be active in bug reports and plus! help

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Shutup SonicSam


I approve!

lol, 2222 posts!

Hmm, I wonder how exactly that works... I don't suppose the source code is available?

It probably uses MySQL fulltext indexes, which we don't currently use here...

Well, Ubuntu is open source so maybe the same goes for their forums

Wouldn't hurt to ask.

That could be really useful

What about the resurrection of age old threads?


Usually, even if someone new does search, they find a similar post, and then instead of trying/reading through the thread, they just add their post to the end.

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Originally posted by vaccination
What about the resurrection of age old threads?


Usually, even if someone new does search, they find a similar post, and then instead of trying/reading through the thread, they just add their post to the end.

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That is the only reason not to get this new feature.  The only thing that may make this worthy is if we had an auto-lock feature for old threads (like over 4 months since the last post then they would get locked), that has problems but we would still have less pointless threads with this auto-search feature implemented at the same time (I don't think you could really have one without the other).

And also with the locked threads, the person can always make a new thread and we just get them merged together anyway....

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Originally posted by Chris UK
MyBB 1.2 has a smilar feature (it shows in showthread.php, under the Quick Reply Box) maybe WDZ can have a look how it works.

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Or we could just wait for MyBB 1.4

MyBB 1.2 has a similar feature (it shows in showthread.php, under the Quick Reply Box) maybe WDZ can have a look how it works.

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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
ubuntu forums recently added a feature that when you type the name of the thread, it automatically shows up similar threads. I think such a feature should be added here to reduce amount of noob spam. also it should only be active in bug reports and plus! help

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yes, it's like what was implemented in Google Groups. Convenient and anti noob
maybe you can ask google to implement it for you (in return to ads )

there are a couple of things that I find missing in this forum...
like an easy way to access new posts at 1) each specific thread, and 2) new posts in general (showing which threads are now contain new posts, and a link to get to those posts).
also, unlike some annoying sites, new posts stay new until you read them not until you login >:[

If someone could make it possible on these forums it would be a plus for everyone. Also going into search all the time does get annoying if your in a hurry.