Steve HerseyI just read a very recent post where someone complains that their search function isn't working to find posts by content.
On my present Mastodon instance, searching for posts has NEVER worked. There's a tab for it in the search results, but it is ALWAYS EMPTY. What little information I can find on the subject indicates that this is by design.
So then I went back to my timeline to comment on the post, and guess what? Even when scrolling MANUALLY through my timeline (remember: there's no no search by content!), I COULD NO LONGER FIND THAT POST.
So go ahead, tell me that not supporting search-by-content is a good design decision. I don't fucking buy it.
Now maybe this is specific to my instance. If so, I think I'm gonna move. This is not how the Fediverse becomes ubiquitous, folks.