Posts of the form "Ask [personX] about [topic Y]"

[tuq]

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tug,

Paralyzed one is up there as far as best 2+2 threads ever.

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Link?

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Here. And this time I waited for the link to load so I didn't eff it up like the other thread. It's powerful stuff, albeit pretty depressing.

[.Alex.]

I believe beenben was the first with his first version of Ask beenben a Legal Question thread, which apparently got deleted. As others have said, dozens of threads followed in the next few days. After that, the trend basically stopped as people ran out of topics, but you still see one pop up every now and then.

[diebitter]

This one about gay/bi/transgender community was also pretty good:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...part=1&vc=1

AAmaz0n was a good poster, but doesn't post much now.

[dcasper70]

I forgot how many of these there were, so I just did a search:

Forum: OOT
Keywords: +"Ask " -re
(in subject)
Newer than 1 year

Over 200 results. Probably 80% in the "Ask [personX] about [topic Y]" category. Pretty good stuff.

Also some good ones in the Lounge, as well as the strategy forums...

[somapopper]

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I forgot how many of these there were, so I just did a search:

Forum: OOT
Keywords: +"Ask " -re
(in subject)
Newer than 1 year

Over 200 results. Probably 80% in the "Ask [personX] about [topic Y]" category. Pretty good stuff.

Also some good ones in the Lounge, as well as the strategy forums...

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Wow, I am so happy I saw this. I never thought to include -re in a search. Thanks!

Is there a search faq anywhere on 2+2? I checked the beginners' questions forum, to see if this -re trick was included in the sticky, and unless I missed it, there's not even any mention of the search function. Since posters are often instructed to use it, it'd be nice if using it efficiently was covered somewhere.

[bluefeet]

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Is there a search faq anywhere on 2+2?

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Have you searched for it? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I just did a +search search searching of course for 'search'. Search searched and searched, and returned search results including this search thread...from one also searching for search help. If you search within this search post, you should find another's search link to a guide on how to search for - among other things, 'search'.

[Dave I]

I'm pretty sure it originated on the SomethingAwful forums. In fact, they have a dedicated Ask/Tell forum that is nothing but these.

[Nick B.]

Dcasper, you need -re: not -re

[Nick B.]

I got 152 with +ask -re: +about in subject

[TheWorstPlayer]

best 'how to search' thread is 100% the illustrated one about searching for porn.