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 threadRokosunSep 21, 2023

@feditips

Before when I used to use the search functionality in Mastodon it used to show me results from posts I've already interacted with before (boosts, favorites, replies, etc). But now it seems like I'm not able to do that anymore 😢 Is this how it's gonna be from now on? Or will there be an option to search for those previously interacted posts? For me that feature was extremely useful for finding posts I've seen before.

Show threadhybrid havocSep 21, 2023
@futureisfoss @feditips
My understanding is that there is a search operator, in:library that will allow you to limit it to your own posts and those you've interacted with. I have not tested this myself as we do not have ElasticSearch setup.
Show threadRokosun
@hybridhavoc @feditips Thank you so much for the info, I think this search filter does what I want.
Sep 21, 2023 at 8:02pmWeb