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What is the use of Codeforces search?
By portajohn, history, 3 months ago, In English

Every week I see problem organizers thank MikeMirzayanov for this platform, but I am unsure if their appreciation extends to the search functionality. Maybe they are utilizing searches differently; I mainly use it to wait a few minutes for no results.

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Imagine Searching In The Big '26

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In my mind, it didn't work for many years.

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I have found a single use. If you search someone's name, you can go to their profile or blogs which, idk saves two seconds or something?

Edit: Sorry, I'm bad at sarcasm. I meant to say that this use was totally useful and definitely is the optimal way to find a user.

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    There is a find user option right below top contributor which serves the same purpose.I have tried using search for blogs that i wanted to learn about but it doesn't give the required result so i just stopped using it. Better to search in Catalog than the search provided.

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I sometimes use it to search for maspy to see if he has solved all the problems on Codeforces already

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