Search results for usernames is weird

When you search for a specific username, sometimes it ranks lower than other users.

Example: Cindering


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Expected behavior

I expect it to work like it did since the beginning of roblox, where the exact username match has top priority

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I’m not sure if this is related, but If I search for users in the toolbox, I only get the right name 50% percent of the time. I search “ROBLOX”, and I get everybody with the word “Roblox” in their name, except for the actual account. This happens when I search for Monstercat, or any other user.

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https://www.roblox.com/users/profile?username=username ?

I’ve been experiencing this for quite a while now, it seems to prioritize online users over exact matches.

The best thing to do right now is what overflowed suggested.

This is not really a viable solution, the intended purpose of the search box is quite literally to find a specific username

Thanks for the report! We’ll investigate and follow up with updates.

To look for exact usernames, you can also do “@” for this, too.


The problem is here…


Fixed!

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I am reporting the search rankings, i can find the exact user im looking for by just scrolling down a bit as well. However this is helpful if this doesnt get fixed/addressed, thank you :slight_smile:

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