Mastodawn

Aug 11, 2024

Are you a Mastodonian? Do you like finding things with search engines? If so, please read my guide on Mastodon’s search.

It will help you find your stuff. Find other people’s stuff. Find other people.

Search with intention. Search like a boss. I got you.

New version with updates. Thanks: @stn, @katzentratschen, @DeltaWye, @ClaireFromClare, and @luca.

https://markwrites.io/guide-for-using-mastodon-search

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Mark W.rites - Guide for Using Mastodon Search: It’s Easier and More Powerful Than You Might Think

One of the biggest complaints I hear about Mastodon is that its local search is unusable. It certainly was. But not anymore. Now it’s quite powerful, if you kn…

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Anders Norén Aug 11, 2024

@markwyner

I read somewhere that only a few percent of all Mastodon users have opted into text search.

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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply

Aug 11, 2024

@violanders I don’t know what the percentage is, but I do suspect it’s small-ish. I’d also venture a guess that the percentage is higher among newer Mastodon folks than the old schoolers.

But that’s the beauty of the platform. People can decide whether or not they wanna be found.

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Anders Norén Aug 11, 2024

@markwyner
I suspect that there are a few percent users who don't want to be found (some of which even delete their posts automatically), a few percent users who are interested in searching (these have already opted in) and a huge silent majority who aren't interested in searching (these will never bother to opt in b/c they don't see the point).

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Ferrous Aug 12, 2024

@violanders @markwyner I would imagine a substantial proportion of longer-term users haven't registered that it's possible now after all that time people said it was bad.

Also, how many of us are on servers that still don't allow it? I'm guessing that's why it doesn't work for me yet...

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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply

@ferrous @violanders that’s ine of the reasons I wrote the article. I was talking with @stn about search and he’s like “actually, they massively improved search.” I looked, and sure enough, it was a whole new world.

Regarding it’s not working for you, it’s possible your admins haven’t enabled Elasticsearch.” If you really want this, maybe reach out to them. It may not be intentional on their part.