Feedback needed on the Search function

I wanted to update you on the status of the X in the corner of the blue notification box. I couldn’t remember the name of the thread so I searched for blue x. Below is what my search results looked like.

  • The first option has blue and X but does not include “blue x”. It was last active 23 days ago and has 733 posts.
  • The second option was a thread from 2022 that was active 4 days ago and has 3007 posts. It includes “blue x” in one of the posts.
  • The third thread (Moving and Packing for college 2 students in one car) was both created and closed in July 2023 with 83 posts. It does not include my exact search characters but does include XL blue and X-large-blue (in a hyperlink).
  • The fourth option (TikTok Ban) was last active 23 days ago with 108 posts. Blue is in several posts referencing blue sky. Blue and X were in one post but not adjacent to each other.
  • The thread I was looking for was fifth. It includes blue and X in several posts but not next to each other. It was last active 4 days ago but only has 9 posts.

There doesn’t seem to be any sorting by last active date or pushing closed threads to the bottom of the search results. Is it looking for number of posts?

Is it possible to make the search pop up larger and always offer advanced search options? Can you make a button that says “advanced search” instead of the three lines with dots icon?