Taylor LorenzFeatures Mastodon desperately needs imo:
- MUCH better search functionality
- Easier way to find and add people across servers
- Quote posting!
- Link previews
Jeff Jarvis@taylorlorenz As I'm learning, Taylor, there are specific objections to some of these. Some believe that search enables bad guys to find their targets for harassment too easily.
Some--including Eugen--argue that QTs are performative rather than conversational and lead to bad behavior. On the other hand, there is strong argument that QTs are central to call-and-response in Black Twitter and a necessary affordance. I can send you thread links.
As for me, I'm of various minds...
Some--including Eugen--argue that QTs are performative rather than conversational and lead to bad behavior. On the other hand, there is strong argument that QTs are central to call-and-response in Black Twitter and a necessary affordance. I can send you thread links.
As for me, I'm of various minds...
Jeroen@jeffjarvis @taylorlorenz Full text search can be enabled on an instance. Cross instances search is frowned upon AFAIK. You can use Google site: to search the public TL of an instance, and in the prefs yoiu can opt out of indexing.
@yuroon @taylorlorenz Better technical minds than mine can address the challenges of cross-instance search.
@jeffjarvis @taylorlorenz Not a technical issue, but a cultural issue https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/