Announcement

Full text search is now live on many instances running version v4.2.0 !!!

It is "opt-in", meaning you need to check the "Include public post in search results" box to enable your posts to be searchable: Click Preferences (on right near bottom [gear icon]) >>> Click Public Profile (on left near top [person icon]) >>> Click Privacy and reach box (near top [lock icon]) >>> Under Search (scroll down middle of page)

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#search

Notes (1)

The new search function includes the ability to search multiple terms and supports modifiers.

If you use two or more words the search will return results that contain ALL of those words (default is an AND function). You can also use OR between words to return results that contain ANY of those words.

Example (Try it out!): Pillars of Creation JWST

#search

Notes (2)

The following search modifiers are supported:

has:image
has:video
has:audio
has:media
has:poll
has:link
has:embed
is:sensitive
is:reply
language:en
before:2023-08-08
after:2023-08-08
during:2023-08-08
[Edit] from:<username>

Example (Try it out!): mars rover before:2023-08-08

reference: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/26344#issuecomment-1668725055

#search

Add new public status index by jsgoldstein · Pull Request #26344 · mastodon/mastodon

This is a follow up to #25951 The idea here is to allow public posts by discoverable users to show up in search results. This is done by adding a new Public Status Index to Elastic Search. A status...

GitHub

@mastodonmigration @tchambers You missed one: `from:<username>`.

Unfortunately, there is no `to:<username>` modifier.