why no search button when not logged in

[TheNewZedrow]

i really have wondered ever since i join blf back in 2012 why theres no search button when not logged in
/discuss

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[-Setro-]

Guests were taking up bandwidth.
That's my best guess.

[cooldawson3]

Guests were taking up bandwidth.
That's my best guess.

Bandwidth to search for posts?

Does it work like that? I honestly have no idea.

[KillerCop311]

Some forums do the same thing, you can't search unless you register an account.

I don't know why, guess it's just how they want it to be.

[Nal]

Maybe it's adblocked

[Zeblote]

so the server doesn't waste time searching the database for guests/bots

[Ipquarx]

Maybe it's adblocked

then it would be blocked when you're logged in too

[Aide33]

wasn't there some DDoSes happening because the way SMF handles searches?

didn't it slow down the website, so badspot limited it to users

[Nal]

then it would be blocked when you're logged in too

oh I thought he meant when logged in
Maybe for protection against spam

[Mr Man]

Weird, when I first joined it was there for everyone

[TheNewZedrow]

Weird, when I first joined it was there for everyone

Even when logged out?

[$trinick]

Badspot removed it a year or two ago to make it harder to DDoS the website. Search queries take a lot of processing power, so making it where you have to pay money to search is a first-line deterrent, with the second line of defense being that Badspot can check which users have been spamming search requests and ban them.