Adding broad search (beyond hashtags and local search) on Mastodon would be really useful.
But it could be used by bad actors to find users to harass.
Would you like to see expanded search features?
Please boost so we can gather views across the fediverse.
Only if sufficiently granular permissions exist between instances, so that each may individually choose how they respond to others' requests: 'zero communication', 'no searches', 'only hashtag searches', or 'full searches'.
Freedom of association must be protected every bit as much as freedom of speech, including by pre-emptively excluding those who wish to say things where they aren't welcome.
Conrad Hackett 
NaomiElizabeth