Mike Masnick ✅Mar 21, 2023

Here's a first: did a Google search on something and one of my own Mastodon posts came up as a result.

Beginning to think that the cultural norm here of not allowing search isn't going to last all that much longer.

Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦
@mmasnick And so "we" relinquish control to the world's largest advertising platform and data hoarder, because a few people could not see the woods for the trees.
Mar 21, 2023 at 6:40amWeb
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDMar 21, 2023
@osma @mmasnick When I was still on twitter, which had an excellent search facility, I also preferred to use Google. It's just better. Perhaps if you dislike their predatory habits, switch to DuckDuckGo.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDMar 21, 2023
@osma @mmasnick Not to say there is no place for a Mastodon specific search facility, but better make it special. Like seeking out hash tags chosen by the user 🤣
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Mar 21, 2023
@osma what control is lost in this scenario?