Searching for programs/users

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𝓐wesomecookie1000

June 20, 2019 23:21

It's incredibly difficult to find users and programs on the khan site. Beside the fact they they don't show up in search, but even trying to go any other way won't work, one could spend hours looking for an example or someone to help with your program.

We could make a new search bar entirely, or just modify the given one.

Suggestions I have:

First off, looking for someones exact username should be obvious add in and should show up immediately, but often nobody remembers people's actual username, so I suggest being able to search for one's khan name (and past names) would show their profile. Also, add a search option to search just for users.
Finding programs is basically impossible. We should be able to search for any program like how it could be on any other site, showing programs from search name, comments, and user. (So we could search, Awesomecookie1000 cookie and get responses)

Any feedback is appreciated.

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Allison F.

June 22, 2019 12:25
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Hi Awesomecookie1000,

Thanks for posting! Khan Academy is always looking for ways to improve, and feedback from the community really helps. I know this has come up in discussion before, so it’s probably on their radar. Being able to search for programs would be really useful, because there’s not really a way to “save” those programs that you enjoy, except if you make a spin-off.

Again, thanks for the feedback, and if you have any more ideas for this format, feel free to post them here!

Allison
TechM

June 11, 2020 09:25
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In Scratch, there is a favorite / star option that allows you to track a program.
carol

April 22, 2022 19:45
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Hi there,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've passed this feedback along to the team and it'll be part of our conversation as we plan the future of Khan Academy.

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