FediTips has moved!Sep 21, 2023

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 threadfarcallerSep 21, 2023
@feditips didn't mastodon do it already? I'm pretty sure ES does full-text search.
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@farcaller

Some servers installed unofficial patches, and some servers ran the test version of 4.2.0.

However, this is the first time the official release version of Mastodon includes full text search.

Sep 21, 2023 at 7:25pmWeb
Show threadfarcallerSep 21, 2023
@feditips oh, the old one only indexed the users' own toots? whelp, I guess I don't search much.
Show threadFediTips has moved!Sep 21, 2023

@farcaller

Yeah, the old one was only for your own toots, or toots you had favourited etc. This one searches all toots of people who have opted into the system.

Show threadfarcallerSep 21, 2023
@feditips that actually explains why my ES was tiny, heh.