Erik MoellerDec 16, 2022

The "bookmark" feature (next to the star in the web UI) may be the least loved and mentioned feature in Mastodon, but it's darn useful.

1) Hm, I might want to read this later. -> Bookmark

2) What a great picture! -> Bookmark and Fav and Boost!!11

3) Do I want to follow this account? Let me take a look later. -> Bookmark

4) I should boost this again sometime. -> Bookmark

Search (somewhat deliberately) sucks, making bookmarking essential to find stuff again. Use it liberally. :)

Show threadPooterhead PharmsDec 18, 2022
@eloquence Why would search deliberately suck? I see that as a weakness.
Show threadErik MoellerDec 18, 2022

@pooterheadpharm

There's a lot of concern about search being used as a way to target individuals who say certain things.

So for example, if I say "trans rights are human rights", a transphobic harasser might have a search running on that phrase to find folks to target.

Hence the bias towards using hashtags to make posts discoverable if and when you want them to be.

I have mixed feelings about the current approach but I think any iteration will have to take that concern into account.

Show threadPooterhead PharmsDec 18, 2022
@eloquence I'd just like a search capability that helps for inexactitude about name spelling and variances with capitalizations, spacings etc. For starters.
Show threadErik Moeller
@pooterheadpharm For account search? For that I agree -- account search is kind of a nightmare right now.
Dec 18, 2022 at 8:35pmWeb