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The latest version of Mastodon (4.2.0) brings full text search, so you can search by words instead of hashtags.

However, for privacy reasons this only includes posts by people who have actively opted into full text search.

If your server is updated to 4.2.0 and you want to opt into full text search:

1. Log into your server's website
2. Click your profile icon
3. Click "Edit Profile"
4. Click tab "Privacy & Reach"
5. Tick box "Include Public Posts In Search results"
6. Click "Save Changes"

Show threadtzenesSep 21, 2023
@feditips is it this setting?
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@tzenes

No, it's not. That option is about whether your posts are indexed by search engines like Google, DuckDuckGo etc.

Your server mastodon.cloud isn't on 4.2.0 yet, so you don't have the full text search setting yet. If you ask your admin, they will tell you when/if they are upgrading.

Sep 21, 2023 at 7:17pmWeb
Show threadtzenesSep 21, 2023
@feditips ah, sorry. Thank you for clarifying!
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@tzenes

No worries! 🙂