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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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

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@mastodonmigration

Can you search for phrases eg the equivalent of putting quotation marks around a few words in a search engine?

@Blort Good question. Does not seem so. Experimentation seems to yield the post with the phrase, but also any posts with all the words in the phrase scattered throughout.