Mastodon#Mastodon 4.2 is rolling out across the social web! On our quest to make Mastodon more delightful and easy to use, we've overhauled search, sign-ups, cross-server interactions and a whole lot more:
Lilith@Mastodon A pretty hefty update.
Lack of FTS was a big pain point for some users and it being opt-in will accommodate those who would not want their posts to be indexed.
The ability to import lists also reduces the amount a user loses if they have to migrate servers for whatever reason. Just posts and followers remain.
Looking at the roadmap there are some other planned features that will address other pain points as well (quote posts, E2EE DMs, choose who can reply to posts, etc.).
Jonah Aragon 
@RavenLulu definitely checking it out! It takes a bit to test out the upgrade, particularly big ones like this, but we should be up to 4.2 within the next couple days.
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@jonah I was not expecting the upgrade to be immediate. This was just a "On the off chance you didn't know already" type of thing.
The only times I expect a little more urgency is if 1: The server is experiencing major performance issues. 2: I'm having trouble logging in to my account (forgot password, hacker locked me out of my account, etc.). 3: A Mastodon update was released to fix one or more major security vulnerabilities.
If I came across as demanding then I apologize.