Having just quickly skimmed a Drupal overview I think I now see what you mean by forum posts ('nodes') and 'comments', but I don't think an average user thinks that way. They press a button labeled 'post' and the content appears in the thread/topic. I imagine most would say 'I posted a reply...', and not 'I commented on...' etc. Perhaps it depends what other forums they're familiar with. I'll just call threads/comments/posts/replies 'contributions'. (As an aside -does the 'Advanced Forum' module work differently? - "By default, Advanced Forum treats all nodes that can go in a forum as a forum post as well as all comments on those nodes." ...?) On another forum I visit, 'View forum posts' will pull in all contributions, while other options such as 'Find latest posts' and 'Find latest started threads' do as they suggest. I use these regularly to gauge who I might be dealing with - whether someone might benefit from any advice I could offer, or is so knowledgeable that I'd look stupidly patronising! An old post might reveal relevant information not explicitly mentioned in a question. Maybe someone might be a bit 'harsh' and I look back find that's just their usual demeanour with no offence intended etc. etc. Google search is generally excellent, but a problem with using it for a member's contributions is that sometimes (for no clear reason) it will find most threads started by the member but few if any their replies, and will pull in lots of irrelevant pages where that member's name appears - i.e. in 'who's online', topic listings, latest forum posts etc. To top it off, the hits that do come back aren't sorted by date. All in all not so great. Cheers .