Can we search RallyPoint for a story to see if it was posted previously? If so, how?

2020-05-27T12:08:05-04:00

I found a fascinating story on Facebook and felt it should be shared here on RP. However, I was reluctant inasmuch as it seems the kind of thing that someone must've shared previously. Well, I decided to share it regardless of whether or not someone else had shared it. Surely there must be others like myself who hadn't seen it here before.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/henry-johnson-the-one-man-army-who-fought-off-dozens-of-german-soldiers-during-world-war-i?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR2--N6av73x2p5aWdly7g5An5vGSBfTngLdD9j-nhAc7GAFBw8vvYyzXXw

Henry Johnson, the One-Man Army Who Fought Off Dozens of German Soldiers During World War I

In May 1918, Henry Johnson found himself alone in the Argonne with a wounded ally, an empty rifle, and dozens of German soldiers closing in. He didn’t run. He fought.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made May 27 at 2020 12:31 PM

2020-05-27T12:31:59-04:00

Dang good question CPT Jack Durish. There's no direct way. One can search through the specific group pages to see if it was tagged but there's also a little URL hack you can use. If someone else has shared the same link, the duplicate will have a "--2" at the end of it. If its been shared three times, a "--3, and so on...

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made May 27 at 2020 12:40 PM

2020-05-27T12:40:29-04:00

CPT Jack Durish here is how I search RP: go to google. Put RallyPoint + the title/topic + if known any members names. I have to use this even to find things I KNOW I POSTED and the EXACT title , which eludes the RP organic search engine. SSG Carlos Madden

Response by CPT Jack Durish made May 27 at 2020 12:47 PM

2020-05-27T12:47:43-04:00

SSG Carlos Madden LTC Jason Mackay I ran a little experiment of my own and used the following search criteria on Bing: "RallyPoint Henry Johnson" and the search engine returned... https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/henry-johnson-known-as-the-black-death-america-s-first-world-war-hero I expect that others such as Google would do the same. Obviously, a search engine spider hadn't yet located the posting I just made on RP

Henry Johnson, Known as the "Black Death" - America's First World War Hero | RallyPoint

Ran across this, this morning. A great story....

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 27 at 2020 2:14 PM

2020-05-27T14:14:51-04:00

Yea, I wish this feature existed for sure.