Tibor MartiniAug 27, 2023
mastodon.social and mastodon.online are the first instances with a global search, BUT this setting is opt-in and you must activate it so that your posts are included:
👉 https://mastodon.social/settings/privacy
👉 https://mastodon.online/settings/privacy
Mastodon

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Mastodon hosted on mastodon.online
Show threadJay 🆘Aug 27, 2023

@Tibor @chockenberry

Here’s my question: Is there a way as a #MastoAdmin on 4.2 to allow “normal” search (search limited to posts you’ve favorited etc) but disallow “full search” (searching all posts for any term)?

I know *users* have to enable full search for themselves, but is there a way for a Mastodon admin to disallow this *even if* one of their users has opted in?

Show thread-> @haileys.questAug 27, 2023
@jsit @Tibor @chockenberry Why would you want to do that? Overriding consent is against the consent-driven design of Mastodon and this feature.

You can stop your users from searching by not setting up ElasticSearch. There's no way to opt someone out who has opted in to other instances searching though. You'd have to hack out that feature and roll your own Mastodon.
Show threadJay 🆘Aug 27, 2023

@blake Many admins are *fiercely* opposed to this feature and would rush at the chance to turn it off against their users’s wishes (or their users's inadvertent checking of the box) if they could.

"If you don't like it, join another instance.”

Show thread-> @haileys.quest
@jsit That doesn't sound like a good reason -- hell, any reason at all -- to override someone's consent.

If you don't like it, don't update.
Aug 27, 2023 at 6:26pmWeb
Show threadJay 🆘Aug 27, 2023
@blake I'm inclined to agree with you, but I think there are many admins who would feel otherwise.