Metin Seven 🎨Jan 22, 2024

Did you know you can easily search through your own Mastodon posts?

Just include from:me in the search field.

Instead of this, you can include in:library to show posts you have interacted with or written yourself.

If you want to search through posts of a specific user, include from:username (the full username, including the instance)

If it doesn't work, have a look at this:
https://graphics.social/@metin/111821440228692015

#mastodon #MastoTips #FediTips #tip #tips #information #knowledge #fediverse

Metin Seven 🎨 (@[email protected])

A follow-up post regarding the Mastodon search tips: If the search options don't work, the reason might be that your Mastodon instance maintainer hasn't implemented Elasticsearch. Also important: do not use capitals anywhere in the search conditions. E.g.: "From:me" doesn't work. Further reading: https://mstdn.social/@DeltaWye/111280982761530295 and https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/ #mastodon #MastoTips #FediTips #tip #tips #information #knowledge #fediverse

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Show threadKay   Jan 22, 2024

@metin This doesn't seem to work on my instance but maybe I have spaces in the wrong place?

And when you say from:me is that literally the phrasing or should I replace the me with my Mastodon name?

Show threadMetin Seven 🎨Jan 22, 2024

@Kay It's simply from:me , and there shouldn't be a space in the mentioned operators or usernames.

Here's a page where you can read more info:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/

How do I search for stuff on Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadAdam HartzellJan 22, 2024
@metin Yeah @Kay this doesn't work for all of us in all instances. It all fails for me in mine too & my instance's admins said they're looking into why it doesn't work for me in mine
Show threadvalJan 22, 2024
@ModernDayBartleby @metin @Kay They need to configure full-text search: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/elasticsearch/
Configuring full-text search - Mastodon documentation

Setting up Elasticsearch to search for statuses (authored, favourited, or mentioned), public indexable status, and accounts

Show threadNikJul 25, 2024
@val @ModernDayBartleby @metin @Kay it's about to get easier (depending on your choice of client): https://mastodon.social/@pachli/112841729532862981
Show threadKay   
@nikclayton @val @ModernDayBartleby @metin Lack of searchability could be a feature not a bug. So far I'm in two minds about which I prefer.
Jul 26, 2024 at 3:04amWeb
Show threadNikJul 26, 2024
@Kay @val @ModernDayBartleby @metin Fortunately, Mastodon provides settings you can adjust that control whether your account or your posts appear in search results.