Does anyone do a search before posting a new topic?

Today, I started a discussion: 'Please & thank you - indispensable to English?' just before starting the discussion on the topic I decided to search for a similar topic. I typed these in 'search': tags:'please', 'thank you', 'thank', 'courteous'. The search did not give any results. So I posted my discussion.Imagine my surprise when the discussion was posted, and at the bottom of the page were three similar discussions!:All three discussions had used the tag: 'please', and two used 'thank' & 'thank you'!! I have brought this to the notice of the mylot staff. I hope they will improve the search engine on mylot!!

yes i do, so that no one will say that you copy off of their idea. boyee does that cause alot of commotion in these palce.

I don't do a complete research, but I do try to make sure it is original and true to my cases therefore it should not be something that has previously been posted by someone. But I will not post something that I have seen before or talked to someone in this site about when it is their idea.

No I do not search, when I open the discussions section then first interesting topic I answer and then answer all the discussions that person has started if I find them interesting.

well yes i do some research work before posting any topics here in my lot..how about you..??

Probably should, but I don't because, well I'm too lazy.

I dont try that but that's very good idea ...

not really, it is really dificult to do a search here, you get so many occurrences that are not important that it's a very hard job

well. i never did. but i think it is good to do a research. it increases your knowledge and u can give a good answer. But the major Draw back is that, it takes time. So, i think only few people do it, those who have time and a 24 hour internet connection. its not a problem for them....... .

yeah manier times i search topics and then reply to them one by one if they are simliar and then i choose other topics

I do not search for topics. Just whatever questions that popped into my mind I asked it. So, sometimes, my discussions have already been discussed.

No not really. But i guess it helps to provide some info to the topic.

ye i research to give scientifictopic but see now the mylot authorities have disallowee my paste and so i got limited over my limited time . i have many words documentwritten by me but i could not discuss them because of the bar.

No,Till today I have not searched before pasting a new topic but I am a new user and lets see that will I search for before posting topic in the future.

hi,i never search before starting discussion till now...i may post 600 discussions...and i don't want to search also in future...i want to start common senses discussions..to be answered by members..

Yes I do a search every time, before starting/posting a new discussion and it surely does annoy me when I find that someone has started the same discussion a short time later. It is even worse when that "someone" happens to be on my list of friends, and they have responded to my discussion, then started one of their own about the very same topic. That makes me so mad because it is not acceptable to steal from anyone, let alone friends.

Sometime I do and sometimes I dont. I know I should do it everytime but I dont.

I usally do so but I don't have that many discussions started. When I search for something and see that there are already open discussions about that subject I try to reply that discussion instead of create a new one.

I do. And then I'll add to one if it's good, or if the others aren't very good anyway, I'll start a new one and try to make it at least a bit different.

i sometimes do, if i ever start one. i usually did on those other forums before i heard about mylot. i did some search on about the topic i was going to start. sometimes i would just post my topic without even to search for it on the search engine. i would get results or answers to my question or the topic i was going to start when i search before posting a new discussion.