Originally Posted by KathyWdrf
As for the moderators helping by doing a search (which they still have access to), very few of them do that. (In some cases, I wonder if the moderator even knows how to use the FT search function. Maybe a little tutorial would help.) My impression is that most moderators act as police officers, trying to prevent or end flame wars and off-topic ramblings, more than anything else; there are notable exceptions, of course!!!
Kathy, speaking just for myself, I'm more than willing to do....and have done....searches for folks in the Travel Safety/Security Forum. I've done it during this Search downtime and prior when a new poster PM'ed me who wasn't familiar with the Search function. And I received a PM just last week from a regular in another Forum who needed help in searching that Forum when the Forum moderators weren't "on duty" at the time.
Now I don't want to open a can of worms here but, time permitting, I'm willing to perform search functions for those that are in need. If you see the little green light that shows I'm online, feel free to PM me and I'll help out where I can.
One caveat: If I start getting 50 PM's an hour, I may be forced to go into "invisible" mode....
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PS....I see
gleff beat me to the punch with this offer....I'm a slow typer
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While I certainly don't want to volunteer other moderators for assisting on the search function, I think you'll find most of us are a helpful bunch and will pitch in where we can.