I think that when the NEW THREAD button is pressed in the Toymods section the next screen that should appear to the thread creator is another window that requires action and asks whether or not the end user has done a search in which he is then obliged to answer yes or no.
I think this kind of awareness is necessary cause a lot of people dont realise that the search exists, also I dont think that forum Junkies should have to do this cause they should know better even if they are post whores.