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I found a new O'Keefe article I wanted to post. I did a title search of /s/All for O'Keefe, the newest entry found was 22 days ago,

So, not finding a duplicate, I posted my post - https://poal.co/s/BasedMedia/705833.

Later I review the /s/New page and discover this O'Keefe news item (from a different source) was previously posted 3 hours ago - https://poal.co/s/StateofCorruption/705807

... yet the search function missed it. Both titles contain O'Keefe but still the search tool overlooks them.

Any ideas? I figured the new page covered all subverses. Maybe the ' is screwing the search? The post from 22 days ago also has a ' and search found it, so that doesn't seem to be the case.

I found a new O'Keefe article I wanted to post. I did a title search of /s/All for O'Keefe, the newest entry found was 22 days ago, So, not finding a duplicate, I posted my post - https://poal.co/s/BasedMedia/705833. Later I review the /s/New page and discover this O'Keefe news item (from a different source) was previously posted 3 hours ago - https://poal.co/s/StateofCorruption/705807 ... yet the search function missed it. Both titles contain O'Keefe but still the search tool overlooks them. Any ideas? I figured the new page covered all subverses. Maybe the ' is screwing the search? The post from 22 days ago also has a ' and search found it, so that doesn't seem to be the case.

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[–] • 0 pt

Nope, nothing has changed. Your search results are still missing about 20 posts (probably from blocked users/subs).

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I just reverified. I have 0 Blocked users, 0 blocked subs according to my profile.

I do remember a POAL subscription option from years ago, a list of all subs alphanumericly listed and user is allowed to subscribe/unsubscribe each sub. It was a lengthy and tedious process so I think I gave up subscribing to specific subs, ended up subscribing to all IIRC. Is that subscription function still available? I looked around but didn't stumble upon it. It is possible I am not subscribed to every sub yet I am able to see them in /s/all and post to them. Could the search be dependent upon subscribed subs only?

Thoughts?

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Subscriptions have no effects on search results. I need to check again, but I’m pretty sure the search also skips posts from users that have you blocked.

I’ve got a bad flu so bear with me, I’ll check that out later.

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No rush AOU, take care of yourself. This issue can go on the back burner/sticky note on the monitor.

I did search around my account, can't find the portal to get to that subscription page I mentioned earlier. Maybe it's gone due to past POAL revisions, IDK. I remember using it in my first year here. If you are absolutely positive there is no way in hell subscriptions impact search, I'll forget about that angle. Just trying to spitball why I'm seeing the search results I'm getting and potentially help you to debug a previously unseen bug. I've debugged a lot of code in my prior life, kind of enjoying wearing that hat when opportunity knocks.