Mike Masnick ✅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.
Doctor Biobrain@mmasnick I don't understand why people oppose having Mastodon indexed or added to searches or whatever.
One of the reasons I post here is to hype news sites and Youtubers I like because I think they deserve a wider audience. I think it'd be nice if they got boosted in algorithms outside of Mastodon. But maybe there's something I'm missing.
@biobrain it's a cultural norm. the general reasoning, as i understand it, was that this community is premised more on consent and permission, and search is done without consent... and there are worries that it then leads to brigading and attacks. i'm not sure if that really holds up though.
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5@ShrikeTron @biobrain i agree with you