Tim BrayDec 28, 2022

Thinking about how to enable full-text searching of a useful subset of Fediverse posts in a way that is controlled by post authors and has humane unsurprising defaults.

The current yes/no binary toggle under Settings/Other (that most people have never seen) probably isn't going to do the job.

The problem needs a long-form write-up (coming), and is controversial, but I’m pretty sure won’t go away, so the community should get in front of it.

Show threadDerek Powazek 🐐Dec 28, 2022
@timbray honestly, between the global search engine opt-out and the per-post visibility settings, all the pieces for user controlled search are already in place.
Show threadTim BrayDec 28, 2022
@fraying I don't think so? I'd like options to include no-search/hashtag-only/full-text, and also time-limits.
Show threadMichael Sokolov
@timbray @fraying I think time limitation is the key. People often treat these posts as ephemera, but the tech persists them despite that. My 2c would be a 30-day expiry default that can be overriden with an archival function of some sort.
Dec 28, 2022 at 8:21pmWeb