Amanda LillywhiteAug 27, 2023
Tibor Martini
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
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Mastodon hosted on mastodon.online
Aug 27, 2023 at 11:22amWeb
Show threadDavid CollantesAug 27, 2023
@Tibor I am running beta 2, and the global search isn’t available. Is that something coming on beta 3? I see those two instances are on nightly.
Show threadlutomaAug 27, 2023

@david @Tibor Yeah it's coming in beta 3 and isn't in beta 2. Servers that have it right now are running nightly or backported the relevant commits.

(Also, for the record, I don't think mastodon.social and .online were actually the first instances ;).

Show threadpingterAug 27, 2023
@Tibor Claiming first is a bit weird. I've had #search since I installed 9 months ago, and that was late to the fediverse...
Show threadSimon Müller Aug 27, 2023
@petererer @Tibor full text search, not search in general.
Show threadjz.tuskAug 27, 2023

@Tibor

Opted in!

I don't expect to be searched much, but turned it on to show support. Thanks for the notification.

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.questAug 27, 2023
@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.
Show threadJay 🆘Aug 27, 2023
@blake I'm inclined to agree with you, but I think there are many admins who would feel otherwise.
Show threadBlueberryAug 27, 2023
@Tibor does anybody have a link to the post with this announcement?
Show threadTibor MartiniAug 27, 2023
@blueberry I read it here: https://mastodon.social/@mastodonmigra[email protected]/110957761820233512
Show threadBlueberryAug 28, 2023
@Tibor thank you!
Show threadAstroSep 24, 2023
@Tibor
How is it global, making the server search through posts it didn't see before 4.2?