FoOlRulez/FoOlFuuka — Issue #55: Search idea - searching only inside specific threads
Author: AnonFoolz
Created: 2012-01-24 04:19:29+00:00
State: open

I don't know if this is the best place to put this, but it seems like you are taking ideas and implementing them into your Foolz Archive, so I'll write it here:

Right now, there is the standard search, which searches every single instance of a query that exists in the archive.

Let's say I am looking specifically for anything related to the character "Mio" from Nichijou.
If I search for "Mio" in /a/'s archive, I would get a million results from multiple different anime, which could range from Nichijou to Strike Witches to K-On.
If I try to include Mio's last name in the query "Mio Naganohara," I would get less results because seriously, who the fuck regularly types out a character's last names every time in a post? The same thing would happen if I were to use "Nichijou Mio" as a query, as they're not always in the same post.

I propose that there's a sort of "subject query" that only specifically searches the content of the OP's posts, like a title search. If combined with the standard query, it should track mostly what you are looking for.
For example, I want to search for "Nichijou" in the OP's post only and "Mio" in that OP's thread.
Another would be to search for a "Katawa Shoujo General" thread in an OP and to search for "Rin" specifically in any "Katawa Shoujo" generals in /a/ and only get posts that mention Rin, the girl with no arms.

Of course, this could apply to the subject field as well, but no one really uses the subject field, so it's better to allow the ability to search the OP's body.

How does this idea sound Woxxy?