So, I was going to make a joke about making search mandatory when you register/create a new topic, due to all the threads that are being constantly opened about the same thing over and over again because people don’t do a basic search (or even look at the recent posts, since many are opened almost consecutively).
But then I thought that it would actually be a good idea to place somewhere on the forum UI a result of the search when you’re typing your topic title. If new players see a list of results that are directly related to what they’re asking, they’re less likely to create the new topic, if only because most people are lazy and would rather not write the post.