here, u low iq apes bitching about SEARCH FUNCTION deactivation. Master might have good reasons to deactivate

[_MVP_]

what could be reasons for a forum admin to deactivate the search function in the forum

ChatGPT:​

Good question — disabling the search function in a forum is a surprisingly common administrative decision. There are several technical, moderation, and strategic reasons why an admin might choose to do this. Here’s a breakdown:

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Technical / Performance Reasons​

1. Server load reduction:
   Search queries can be resource-intensive, especially on large forums with thousands of posts. Disabling search helps reduce database strain and keeps the forum running smoothly.
2. Hosting limitations:
   Some shared hosting environments limit CPU usage or database queries. Turning off search prevents hitting those limits.
3. Indexing problems:
   If the search index is corrupted or huge, it can slow down or crash the forum. Temporarily disabling search gives admins time to rebuild or optimize the index.

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Security and Anti-Spam Reasons​

1. Preventing data scraping:
   Automated bots can abuse the search feature to scrape content or gather user information. Disabling it makes large-scale scraping harder.
2. Reducing spam attacks:
   Spammers sometimes use search to find active threads or keywords to target. Disabling search limits their ability to find where to post.

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Moderation / Policy Reasons​

1. Encouraging new threads:
   Some forums prefer users to start fresh discussions rather than revive old ones, so they disable search to discourage “necroposting.”
2. Hiding sensitive or controversial content:
   If the forum contains old or sensitive posts, admins might disable search to reduce their visibility.
3. Privacy concerns:
   On forums dealing with personal or support issues, search might make it too easy to find user histories or sensitive information.

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Strategic / Business Reasons​

1. Encouraging engagement elsewhere:
   The admin may want to push users to use curated categories, pinned threads, or FAQs instead of searching directly.
2. Promoting premium features:
   Some forums (especially commercial ones) restrict search to registered or paid members as an incentive to upgrade.

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Temporary / Maintenance Reasons​

1. During migrations or updates:
   When updating forum software, admins sometimes disable search until the new system reindexes content.
2. Bug or exploit mitigation:
   If there’s a known vulnerability in the search function, turning it off prevents abuse until it’s patched.

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Would you like me to help you identify which reason is most likely in your specific case (e.g., based on the forum type or software)?

 

[Xinyue]

It's working retard. By the way not sure if you're aware but this is a forum software, it's called Xenforo and it was written in PHP. Master didn't code this forum on his own.

 

[Xinyue]

 

[taai]

Ppl think they know everything but in reality... Who knows what?

 

[taai]

It's working retard. By the way not sure if you're aware but this is a forum software, it's called Xenforo and it was written in PHP. Master didn't code this forum on his own.

It actually doesn't work like that

 

[_MVP_]

It's working retard. By the way not sure if you're aware but this is a forum software, it's called Xenforo and it was written in PHP. Master didn't code this forum on his own.

its not working, nergo

 

[ybuyhgui]

How much is master paying you nigga

 

[Greyascension]

It shoul be required to read 3-5 BOTB threads before being able to post in the looksmax questions section

 

[Dr. Mog]

Master didn't code this forum on his own.

If I remember correctly there was a spic back in the day along with lamarcus, I believe he was called sergeant or prolly it was master himself

 

[Xinyue]

It actually doesn't work like that

Xenforo is something you subscribe to. It gives you a forum and you can tweak it. You can add to it modules etc, most of them are not free. So these boards aren't custom implementations, they're all Xenforo usually, such as this forum.

 

[hopelessgymcel]

During migration

he's trying to keep the muslims out

 

[Xinyue]

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If I remember correctly there was a spic back in the day along with lamarcus, I believe he was called sergeant or prolly it was master himself

Yes, SergeantIncel and he was from Paraguay.

 

[Dr. Mog]

Yes, SergeantIncel and he was from Paraguay.

You are more thorough than your join date seems to be. Remind me what else do you know about the PSL history of this very forum, maybe not too much since you called OP a retard unaware of his condition I reckon and how did you arrive at the xenforo conclusion? Also it doesn’t make sense, a domain such as this would be tens of thousands of dollars (I’m guessing you’ll know better) how is lamarcus even funding his KFC if he’s been paying from his pocket to run this shithole all along, is it the ad traffic from the site before the VIPs came in kek

 

[_MVP_]

How much is master paying you nigga

no one needs to pay me

i have unlimited money

 

[asdvek]

IT FUCKING BROKE AGAIN?

FUCKING SUBHUMANS

 

[Xinyue]

You are more thorough than your join date seems to be. Remind me what else do you know about the PSL history of this very forum, maybe not too much since you called OP a retard unaware of his condition I reckon and how did you arrive at the xenforo conclusion? Also it doesn’t make sense, a domain such as this would be tens of thousands of dollars (I’m guessing you’ll know better) how is lamarcus even funding his KFC if he’s been paying from his pocket to run this shithole all along, is it the ad traffic from the site before the VIPs came in kek

He works as a linux sysadmin as his regular job. He does this as a side hustle. (Lamarcus)

He has 2 more similar forums but they don't appear to be xenforo based from the way they look.

SergeantIncel was doxxed by the bbc about 2-3 years ago iirc , he had bad opsec

 

[Dr. Mog]

He works as a linux sysadmin as his regular job. He does this as a side hustle. (Lamarcus)

He has 2 more similar forums but they don't appear to be xenforo based from the way they look.

SergeantIncel was doxxed by the bbc about 2-3 years ago iirc , he had bad opsec

So apparently the spic or this dude, one of em is a traitor? Also not 2 I reckon it’s 5 more

 

[Xinyue]

So apparently the spic or this dude, one of em is a traitor? Also not 2 I reckon it’s 5 more

They were already being watched by the feds back then. Running a pro-suicide forum is not something you'd do to stay out of the limelight generally speaking.