HealthUnlocked Search And Reply Invisibility

[JohnInTheMiddle]

HealthUnlocked is great. I enjoy the value of the material and the personalities on the MaleCare Advanced Prostate Cancer forum.

I also mostly post replies, including detailed replies that could be root posts. But I was inspired to post them as a reply in the context of a discussion initiated by someone else.

Based on the response they seem to be well received. And I see lots of other great replies with good insights.

But when I search for one of my replies, in order to share it, or somebody else's reply, that I recall that has some good information, I don't believe they show up in the search results.

There has been a little dialogue previously about the quality of the search results and overall interaction management on the HU platform. I commented that, because a lot of the value of the site is lost based on missing features, that one just ends up "surfing the waves".

And I think there are missed opportunities to maintain a growing web of knowledge on our favorite topic of advanced or metastasized prostate cancer.

If I missed something I'd be happy to learn how to use the site better. Make no mistake, MC SPC is a fantastic forum for people with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.

[Tall_Allen]

The HU search engine sucks! I use the "site" command on Google. For example:

site:healthunlocked.com/advanced-prostate-cancer/ "pseudoscience"

[JohnInTheMiddle in reply to Tall_Allen]

Ahhhh! The site prefix! I tried Google but it didn't work - because I didn't use the site prefix! Thanks! (I don't think I'm the only person that didn't know this 😃)

[Boywonder56 in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

All the others nod your head......

[j-o-h-n in reply to Boywonder56]

Knot Head<---------Me.................... oops, you said Nod Head........okay up and down, up and down and etc.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 11/09/2023 6:31 PM EST

[MNFarmBoy]

In case you haven't noticed, by going to a member's profile (including one's own, by e.g. clicking on the member's heading), one can show all of the posts or replies originated by that member. I have then used the browser "Find in page" feature with a key word (e.g. "somatic") to find a specific reply, clicking on the "Show more posts" at the bottom as need be.

For those who already knew that, good for you!

[JohnInTheMiddle in reply to MNFarmBoy]

FB: Good point. That works OK for people who have zero posts. I have almost 300 or something. And having to hit "load more" 20 times or more is friction and time consuming. That assumes that I have the right forum member!

From a software perspective there's absolutely no reason why these problems should be a problem. Anytime you introduce a user interface cost you dramatically reduce the number of users of that interface. HU is a success despite this.

[MNFarmBoy in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

I agree!

[treedown]

Have you gone to your profile and it replies?

[j-o-h-n]

Punch cards work for me.......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 11/09/2023 6:34 PM DST

[MouseAddams in reply to j-o-h-n]

OMG my mom used punch cards. My technology has changed 😜

[JohnInTheMiddle in reply to MouseAddams]

OMG I used punch cards.

[MouseAddams in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

OMG Sock Monkey your Old 😎

[j-o-h-n in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

Okay, okay punch cards are out.......... How about Papertape?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 11/10/2023 12:34 PM EST

[j-o-h-n in reply to MouseAddams]

Okay, okay punch cards are out.......... How about Papertape?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 11/10/2023 12:34 PM EST

[MouseAddams in reply to j-o-h-n]

☠️Nah magnetic tapes are better. Just watch out for those giant magnets that can wipe out the information. ☠️