Use of Subject Field

[DisQuoi]

Ever since posting a reply meant that one could enter their own subject, I have had difficulty searching for relevent topics. Some people start a sentence in the subject box like this:

 

Subject: Not That It Matters ...

...but has anyone ... blah blah blah

 

"Not That It Matters" is not the subject of this post.

 

1) If you don't have a new subject, it's okay to leave that blank.

 

2) Use subject lines that make sense. Consider that someone will be searching using subject lines and key-words.

[+Jamie Z]

When you do a search, does the engine check the sub-subjects?

 

Jamie

[+Hawk-eye]

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Originally posted by DisQuoi:

Ever since posting a reply meant that one could enter their own subject, I have had difficulty searching for relevent topics. Some people start a sentence in the subject box like this:

 

_Subject: Not That It Matters ..._

...but has anyone ... blah blah blah

 

"Not That It Matters" is _not_ the subject of this post.

 

1) If you don't have a new subject, it's okay to leave that blank.

 

2) Use subject lines that make sense. Consider that someone will be searching using subject lines and key-words.

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YES'EM .... Right away!

 

[+Hawk-eye]

quote:

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Originally posted by DisQuoi:

Ever since posting a reply meant that one could enter their own subject, I have had difficulty searching for relevent topics. Some people start a sentence in the subject box like this:

 

_Subject: Not That It Matters ..._

...but has anyone ... blah blah blah

 

"Not That It Matters" is _not_ the subject of this post.

 

1) If you don't have a new subject, it's okay to leave that blank.

 

2) Use subject lines that make sense. Consider that someone will be searching using subject lines and key-words.

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YES'EM .... Right away!

 

[Zuckerruebensirup]

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Originally posted by DisQuoi:

Ever since posting a reply meant that one could enter their own subject, I have had difficulty searching for relevent topics.

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You can use the "Search entire message" option to get more matches to the topic you're looking for. (Or maybe the issue you're talking about is that the sub-subjects are causing too many matches, and it's irritating to have to weed through them?)

[+Macro]

I 'm not sure I see the use of the subject heading when someone replies to a thread. the subject is set and known. I thought it was kinda neat the first few times I used the new forums, but I havent used it since. Unless I am posting a new topic, I have no use for the subject field.

 

Just my .02