TheTechnoNerdAug 30, 2023
stopthatgirl7

Mastodon is getting text search

Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon `main` branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉 It is opt-in, so it will take some time to be filled with people content as they enable their profile to be indexed, but this was one of the most wanted Mastodon features for some time. We plan to deploy it to... #fediverse

https://oisaur.com/@renchap/110946188204729065

Renaud Chaput (@[email protected])

Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon `main` branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉 It is opt-in, so it will take some time to be filled with people content as they enable their profile to be indexed, but this was one of the most wanted Mastodon features for some time. We plan to deploy it to mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the coming days to have a bit more feedback on it and see how it behaves in the wild.

Oisaur
Aug 25, 2023 at 1:49amWeb
Show thread0x1C3B00DAAug 25, 2023

Note that they did it in the most mastodon way possible. Non-mastodon accounts won't appear in search until their software stops their own work and implements a masto-specific feature.

https://oisaur.com/users/renchap/statuses/110948896985289761

Renaud Chaput (@[email protected])

@[email protected] other Fediverse software will need to add the indexable flag on accounts and federate it, then they will be indexed. It is opt in for federated content as well.

Oisaur
Show threadHeartyBeastAug 25, 2023
People never really got used to the 'use hashtags if you want your post to be searchabl;e' thing, did they?
Show threadstopthatgirl7Aug 25, 2023
They did not, no.
Show threadrasterwebAug 25, 2023
I use hashtags on my posts to help other discover them, but also to group my posts by subject. I probably follow 30 different hashtags on Mastodon to help me find interesting posts.