# Search should also look at "About me" section in user profile

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 29, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590 "2015-01-29T23:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590/3 "2015-01-29T23:33:09Z")

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From a Moderator’s point of view, being able search profiles would be a big plus at being able to find duplicate accounts.

But from a typical user’s point of view I think being able to search custom fields would make more sense.

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