I must be using the search function wrong.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Have you been using Advanced Search - upper right corner?

I use that all the time, but you need to choose your parameters. I generally add the relevant word or phrase and do a search of the Main Forums, but you can change that to All Forums and Groups or a specific Forum or Group - like if you're checking to see if a story was already posted in LBN. The fallback time parameter is for the past month, but if you're looking for something older, you can change that to the start of DU.3 (December 2011) or just for the last day since a lot gets posted here in a month. I admit it takes practice.