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 threadFediTips has moved!Sep 21, 2023

p.s. Apparently it can take a while for the search databases to build up after the upgrade. Don't worry if your searches aren't showing any results yet.

Also, you will only get results from posts by people who have opted into this system. As the system was only released today, it will take time as people find out about it and (possibly) opt in.

Show threadXipher
@feditips Can also manually (re)build the database it looks like with a command like "RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl search deploy --reset-chewy"
Sep 23, 2023 at 6:47pmWeb