Mick West
On Twitter (Tweetdeck), an important functionality was the search column, where you could have a term like "UAP report" and you'd get a columns with all the results in it.
Can Mastadon do that? Is it even possible with the distributed nature?
Dec 18, 2022 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadManu MDec 18, 2022
@mickwest Nope. Some instances have internal search, but nobody has search between distributed instances.
Show threadMick WestDec 18, 2022
@manu makes sense, unfortunate.
Show thread🌪 MikeMathia 📡Dec 18, 2022
@mickwest It can, just have to base it on hashtags. #StarTrek instead of just StarTrek.
Show threadBrisWombatDec 18, 2022
@mickwest @mikemathia and a reminder that you can follow hashtags. Very helpful if the topic is being discussed across many instances.
Show threadCan AcarDec 18, 2022
@mickwest not exactly the same but you can follow hashtags which will put them in your timeline. Just need to encourage people to use #hashTags. They work better than search strings (when used) as hashtags reflect author context/intent. Mastodon web UI has an advanced mode (enabled in settings) which make it look like #tweetDeck and allows hashtags (among other things) to be pinned to different columns.
Show threadCragsand Dec 19, 2022
@mickwest unfortunately #searching is intentionally limited on #Mastodon. I think it's one of its greatest flaws but hopefully it can be changed to an #instance based setting in the future.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/21627#issuecomment-1332768678
Enable searching of all toots · Issue #21627 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch Currently, searching on Mastodon in possible by linking an Elasticsearch instance. When enabled users are able to search the content of posts they have made, or have interacted with. Posts th...

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