Carlos E. Perez @IntuitMachine
Lazy Mastodon: Has anyone written up something on how to fuse a more powerful search engine with Mastodon?
Nov 18, 2022 at 11:35amWeb
Show threaddanbriNov 18, 2022
@ceperez maybe start here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE
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Show threadTeixiNov 18, 2022

@ceperez

It is by design!
Search is limited to 4 types:

#Hashtags
Usernames
User URLs
Post URLs

https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/how-mastodon-search-works/

Follow up to 5 tags in pinned col:
1 Enable ‚Advanced Web Interface‘
2 Search tag, click result of tag search, that will appear on the column further on the right side
3 Then click icon in column top right —> Settings —> +Pin
4 Include additional tags for this column

#Fediverse
#Newbieverse
#FediTips
#MastodonHelp
#TwitterMigration
#TwitterExodus

ie: my neuro watch col:

How Mastodon Search Works: Why Can You Only Use Hashtags?

Explaining the cultural dynamics that have led Mastodon to have a search engine that barely works by traditional standards.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.