Quote Originally Posted by stealthee View Post
From being around forums since 2002 I can tell you that people don't search and making a thread a sticky is like putting a death sentence on it. People look right past stickies.

As for searching this forum's search sucks. Not letting you search for 3 letter words is asinine to say the least. I know you can search the forum through google, but sometimes its just not worth the extra effort.

Also what I have learned in being around forums as long as I have is that searching teaches you. There is one night in particular that is still in my memory. I was searching for an issue with a car that my dad and I were repairing together. I spent at least 6 hours searching a forum for answers. Reading thread after thread I ran across things I didn't know beforehand and I eventually found something that pointed me in the right direction and we got the issue solved. The knowledge I gained in that night of searching is irreplaceable.

The problem nowadays is the youth of the day are lazy, want things handed to them, and want instant results.
And putting a black search bar on a black ground with a tiny pic of a magnifying glass on the very top of the site, great idea.