Might be a good reason to ask a moderator about a particular topic you are looking for. I think you'll find them to be a great "search" assistance. We have a variety of tools to help our members, and a moderator is one of them.
Originally Posted by Kremmen
The lack of search means it's impossible to find many threads in a reasonable period, so I'll bet the post count is down. At the same time, the number of unnecessarily generated threads is probably up, since we have to start new ones when we can't find the ones we want to add to.