It's not that I have anything against Squid Voltaire... October 17, 2007 6:29 PM Subscribe
Is there some way to have the option of excluding Mefi users' pages from search results?
While trying to search for "Voltaire", I get page after page of user pages from Squid Voltaire- activity from, tagged with x by, favorited by, and so forth. I've noticed this with other searches, where I end up wading through page after page of "Oh hi I found this term in somebody's recent comments page" and the like. Would there be any way to only search actual posts to MeFi/AskMeFi/etc?
While trying to search for "Voltaire", I get page after page of user pages from Squid Voltaire- activity from, tagged with x by, favorited by, and so forth. I've noticed this with other searches, where I end up wading through page after page of "Oh hi I found this term in somebody's recent comments page" and the like. Would there be any way to only search actual posts to MeFi/AskMeFi/etc?
just add a couple more minuses in there to get rid of the other stuff you don't want.
posted by puke & cry at 6:51 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 6:51 PM on October 17, 2007
i guess -squid would work better than his username...
posted by puke & cry at 6:54 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 6:54 PM on October 17, 2007
user number. damnit. I should be studying. bah!
posted by puke & cry at 6:55 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 6:55 PM on October 17, 2007
No, i think you should be making more erroneous posts.
posted by delmoi at 7:41 PM on October 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by delmoi at 7:41 PM on October 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
The negative inurl operator is gold: voltaire site:www.metafilter.com -inurl:usercontacts -inurl:activity -inurl:favorites -inurl:tags
posted by Rhomboid at 7:59 PM on October 17, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by Rhomboid at 7:59 PM on October 17, 2007 [3 favorites]
Nah, more ilike a dark yellow.
posted by pompomtom at 9:37 PM on October 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by pompomtom at 9:37 PM on October 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
and adding -"posted by Squid Voltaire" to that string will help, too.
posted by taz at 11:45 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by taz at 11:45 PM on October 17, 2007
and adding -"posted by Squid Voltaire" to that string will help, too.
But may knock out relevant results, especially if SV has made eponysterical comments.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 4:31 AM on October 18, 2007
But may knock out relevant results, especially if SV has made eponysterical comments.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 4:31 AM on October 18, 2007
Since post titles are in the URL, that may block a few extra posts.
posted by smackfu at 6:27 AM on October 18, 2007
posted by smackfu at 6:27 AM on October 18, 2007
Thanks folks.
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:13 AM on October 18, 2007
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:13 AM on October 18, 2007
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posted by puke & cry at 6:50 PM on October 17, 2007