Aight #MastodonHelp

searching "from:me" brings up my posts, she searching " ⁨# WritersCoffeeClub⁩" (without the space cause i don't wanna clog up the actual tag with this post) brings up other people's posts to the hashtag

But when i combine both queries i get no results even though i KNOW ive posted to this hashtag before.

EDIT: searching from:me works with # anime and # writing, but not the hashtag above

What gives? What can i do about it? Why can't i find my old posts?

#mastodon #search #mastodonSearch

I have a question regarding #MastodonSearch

@MastodonEngineering

Why can't I find posts from my own timeline? Example: I saw a post about a music video on youtube. I've opened it in another tab for later. Some hours later, I wanted to boost the original post but I couldn't find it anymore by entering the band's name into the search field. My server only came up with much older posts.
I had to scroll down my timeline a bit and used my browser's ctrl-F to find the post. That's... bad. 😡

In Mastodon, is it possible to search for posts that do *not* contain a specific hashtag? I don't mean full-text search, but plain old hashtag search only for absence of hashtag instead of presence. 🤔

#question #askMastodon #search #Mastodon #MastodonSearch

If you want to search for a reply you made to somebody you can't just search for part of their name/handle. You need to include the @ and the full handle (but you don't need the server part). The handle in the following example is weird by design to make sure I'm not tagging an account that actually exists:

@someHandle123 from:me is:reply

#MastodonSearch #MastodonTips

Wow. #mastodon search really isn't working for me. 🙁

I know there are toots for these, because I tooted them:

#whatToRead

Miéville

And just today there are a number of toots with this name, but mastodon search finds … none:

Cherryh

#mastodonSearch

The lack of a real search function on Mastodon strikes again. I'd like to post an update today on a Toot I made 6+ months ago, but of course I can't find it. I'll probably have to download my Mastodon archive and dig through it if I really want to find it.

As a creative solution, I have been "indexing" my posts with hashtags that start with Scott, which my pal @OlivierGuinart noticed and playfully poked fun at one day. It's a good but imperfect solution.

#ScottMastodon #MastodonSearch

New #blog post: Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered

https://rldane.space/hashtags-part-ii-global-search-and-the-right-to-not-be-discovered.html

cc: my #chorus: @amin @joel @joelchrono @dm @sotolf @ivan @thedoctor @pixx @mirabilos @[email protected] @[email protected] @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk

#rlDaneWriting #WritingMonth #hashtag #hashtags #search #mastodon #fediverse #MastodonSearch #GlobalSearch

P.S., this is a great example (and thoughtful commentary tangential to the subject): https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113526359529114811

  Guide for Using Mastodon Search: it’s easier and more powerful than you might think
by Mark Wyner
@markwyner
#Mastodon #MastodonBasics #MastodonSearch

https://markwrites.io/guide-for-using-mastodon-search

draft - idea - an option in mastodon settings to

"Make my mastodon posts searchable across the fediverse without hashtags"

This could appease both sets of people

Those who want to continue using mastodon only with their posts searchable via hashtags

And

Those who want their posts to potentially reach a broader audience who may search without hashtags

Also, enables searching with quotes and pairs or sets of words and sentences that are disconnected with the space button, something that is impossible with hashtags

#mastodon
#mastodonsearch
#searchability
#accessibility
#mastodongrowth